We have all met someone who is impressed with their own success and importance, and have seen how it’s not long before they stop being impressive, no matter how successful they seem. As human beings ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about my journey as a first-time CEO and startup founder. It’s no secret that Uber has had a couple of terrible, horrible, ...
Do you ever find yourself mulling over your beliefs and opinions, thinking about why and how you came to hold a certain conviction, perhaps even questioning whether you might be wrong? Or maybe you ...
Humility is sometimes referred to as the quiet virtue or the quiet strength. Rightfully so, humility involves thinking less of ourselves and the noisy internal “ego” in our head and quietly focusing ...
Many Americans worry about the political divide tearing our country apart. A large percentage are unwilling to engage with people who have opposing political views, and that’s creating more animosity.
You can hear Tenelle Porter discuss the virtues of intellectual humility with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens on The Minefield. “I disagree with myself.” That’s what a third-grade boy said in front of ...
There are a lot of reasons behind the political polarization of the country and the deterioration of civic discourse. I wonder if a lack of humility is one of them. In his recent book, "The Death of ...
Americans are missing a fundamental virtue in fighting the pandemic, racism and the persistent me-isms that are ripping our country apart: humility. We are a sick nation and not just because of ...
John Dickson is Founding Scholar of the Centre for Public Christianity, and visiting lecturer in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney. When Sir Edmund ...
The passing of President George H.W. Bush was upsetting and bittersweet. He was beloved by so many Americans for the life he lived, and the respect shown in the countless tributes to his memory on ...