Sep 8, 2026 · 2 hr 59 min · 18 segments
Arrogance makes leadership about the leader. Humility makes leadership big enough for other people. And the difference between the two might be the thing your team is waiting for you to figure out…
The book, of course, is about how to become a likable leader, how to become a leader that people want to follow.
I've already apologized a lot about the title, so we're not going to do that anymore.
It's not actually C.S. Lewis who said it, but humility is not thinking of yourself less.
It's thinking of yourself less, right? But what does that actually mean, especially in the context of leadership where...
We have to make decisions that can feel, not arrogant, that can feel very, like...
We're not talking about humility, you know, thinking less of yourself, right? It's a different perspective.
It's kind of like reframing humility, looking at the same word, but maybe from a slightly different angle, and it's this.
I mean, maybe I would say it differently, that arrogance makes leadership about the leader, whereas humility makes leadership big enough for other people.
And so it's how do you broaden? I don't know if this is the right phrase, but how do you broaden from a small worldview where you are the leader to a bigger worldview that there's room and it's big enough for other people? And what's the impact of that? So that's a little bit of kind of like looking at humility.
The book, of course, is about how to become a likable leader, how to become a leader that people want to follow.
I've already apologized a lot about the title, so we're not going to do that anymore.
It's not actually C.S. Lewis who said it, but humility is not thinking of yourself less.
It's thinking of yourself less, right? But what does that actually mean, especially in the context of leadership where...
We have to make decisions that can feel, not arrogant, that can feel very, like...
We're not talking about humility, you know, thinking less of yourself, right? It's a different perspective.
It's kind of like reframing humility, looking at the same word, but maybe from a slightly different angle, and it's this.
I mean, maybe I would say it differently, that arrogance makes leadership about the leader, whereas humility makes leadership big enough for other people.
And so it's how do you broaden? I don't know if this is the right phrase, but how do you broaden from a small worldview where you are the leader to a bigger worldview that there's room and it's big enough for other people? And what's the impact of that? So that's a little bit of kind of like looking at humility.
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