Your assumptions are correct, being afraid is not what we look for. :) You can have confidence without ego, but that is normally because you know what you know

Your assumptions are correct, being afraid is not what we look for. :) You can have confidence without ego, but that is normally because you know what you know and more importantly know what you don't (wisdom). Now combining the wisdom and willingness to always continue learning, that is what I attempted to sum up in one word of "humble".