Lists I’ve found are a great
way to explore a topic, generate some interest in a subject and provide enough
variety that it is not only quick to read, but quick to relate to many aspects.
All this while hopefully adding some value to what is read in new ideas,
unheard suggestions or simply by giving reminders of what might be known dead
inside you already. I certainly find that in reading lists from other
people.
This was my most difficult
list I’ve made after admiring sproutwatches.com and
while I was hoping to make a list of 100 ways to be more humble, I really
struggled coming up with unique ideas that didn’t have too much overlap and
were not just a large list of different words or minor actions to be more
humble. I hope you will find some value in this list, it has certainly
given me a lot to think about, a lot to still learn in being humble and an eye
opener to realize how far from this I actually am. While I hope many of
these are true in my life I know they are a continuous struggle and I’m sure
others can relate or add even more ideas to the list, which I would love to see
in your comments!
Use the response “It’s My Pleasure” when someone thanks you for doing
something.
Use the response “I’d be honored” when someone asks you to help them or do
something with them.
Listen more than you
talk
Count to 3 before adding to a conversation to ensure the other person is
done
Be willing to follow another person in conversation even if you don’t get
to talk about your idea
Always offer to improve someone else’s idea and give them credit
Give credit for other’s ideas that
you are carrying through on
Ask others for the opinion of others
Ask others to join conversations and contribute
It’s OK to be wrong and so admit it
Admit when you don’t understand or know something
Appreciate others who learn something quickly and say so
Be quick to apologize when you do something wrong
Study moral principles
Use moral principles to
guide you
You are God’s creation, not your own
Recognize your talents as gifts, not your own ability
Know how your skills have only be developed by the help of others
Share your own knowledge to pass on what you have learned
Pass on thanks when you receive it to those who helped you achieve what was
thanked
Value other people’s time as much as your own
Never equate time spent with people to a dollar value
Don’t boast about your achievements, let others recognize them instead
Keep your goals to yourself
Help other people with their goals
Realize the potential in others
Know that timing is everything and everyone excels at different times in
life
Being the 1st follower is often the best way to lead
Since winning isn’t everything, you don’t have to win
Recognize that you have faults
Remember you are a sinner (in other words, you are no better or worse than
anyone else)
Ignore first impressions of people
Give others the benefit of the doubt
Provide positive and encouraging feedback instead of criticism
Make a choice to act more humbly
Practice at least one humble act each day
Be grateful for successes without boasting about them
Know how to accept praise with a simple thank you, don’t elaborate on it or
talk more about it
Recognize the individualism of others and yourself, there is no need to
conform
Share your core values and live them accordingly regardless of the
circumstances
Prioritize things in your life and rate your actions on whether to followed
that priority or not
Rate other people as first, be less significant
Forgive those who wrong you and move on without revenge or lashing back
Serve others and not yourself first
Seek wisdom, which is knowledge of what is true coupled with just judgment
of action
Recognize and know that you know little and there is always more to learn
Avoid explosive reactions, and subside any aggression
Accept new ideas and change, not being stuck on what you knew before
Teach all that you can for the benefit of others
Learn from and model the life of the most humble teachers in history
(Jesus, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Buddha, etc)
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