Key points

Humility means seeing yourself accurately: not too high, not too low.

Wins and failures are just data points, not your full story.

Embracing a “just right view of the self" builds steady, reality-based confidence.

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The Stoic philosopher Epictetus warned, “If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, ‘He does not know my other faults, else he would not have mentioned only these.’”

The wisdom here isn’t about self-deprecation, but rather embracing what Davis et al. (2011) refer to as the "just right view of the self." When we clearly understand both our strengths and weaknesses, we gain a better understanding of the value we bring

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