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I would add some important evaluations. These are some less obvious, deeper aspects of intellectual humility: 10) I accept that someone with less experience ma
by hathawsh 7y ago
I would add some important evaluations. These are some less obvious, deeper aspects of intellectual humility:
10) I accept that someone with less experience may have better ideas than I have, even in my own field of expertise.
11) Even if I am not certain of myself, I am willing to suggest and defend my ideas because they deserve equal treatment.
12) I am willing to forgo new ideas when they hurt momentum too much.
13) I am willing to forgo momentum when the benefits of new ideas outweigh the costs.
14) When I feel it is right to assert my position, I am able and willing to back down if I receive feedback that changes my assumptions.
15) I know when to humbly defer decisions to the team even though I believe the team's decision is less than ideal. People are more important than problems to be solved.
- adverbly 7y agoCare to explain the difference between 12 and 13?
- hathawsh 7y ago12 is about recognizing when you're changing too quickly, 13 is about recognizing when you're changing too slowly. A lack of intellectual humility can impede you either way.
- enraged_camel 7y ago>>10) I accept that someone with less experience may have better ideas than I have, even in my own field of expertise. There are also people who assume their ideas in fields they don’t have experience in are good, precisely because of that lack of experience. They think their “outsider’s perspective” significantly increases their likelihood of being correct because they “think outside the box” or some such. It’s the opposite of humility, and supremely frustrating to deal with!