CHAPTER 8
Three Expressions of Confident Humility
If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.—Ted Turner
Butt-Kick Prevention
The more genuinely confident and humble you are, the less likely you’ll be to get kicked in the ass. That’s because, as mentioned, most butt kicks are self-inflicted behavioral boomerangs, the result of behaving with too much arrogance or too little strength. This chapter introduces three leadership roles that draw on, and are strengthened by, confidence and humility. They reflect the essential behaviors that differentiate a leader from everyone else. Consider them a form of butt-kick prevention, because when you mix confidence and humility in the right measure, they ward off arrogance and weakness . . . and butt ...
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