Humility rules!

HUMILITY is a highly valued virtue in many communities, especially in Asia. Mahatma Gandhi, for example, said that attempting to sustain truth without humility is doomed as an “arrogant caricature” of truth. Management consultant and author Jim Collins and his colleagues found that a certain typ...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/32418/
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description HUMILITY is a highly valued virtue in many communities, especially in Asia. Mahatma Gandhi, for example, said that attempting to sustain truth without humility is doomed as an “arrogant caricature” of truth. Management consultant and author Jim Collins and his colleagues found that a certain type of leader, whom they termed Level 5 Leader (L5L), possesses humility and fierce resolve. It appears that humility is making its way back into the Western perspective of leadership. However, it is disheartening to hear a veteran politician reportedly say: “So, don’t be too humble because I have learnt my humble lessons of being too humble.” Humility is a funny thing — the moment you feel you’re too humble, it is gone.
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spelling usm-324182017-03-17T01:25:47Z http://eprints.usm.my/32418/ Humility rules! Abd Razak, Dzulkifli BV1460 Religious Education HUMILITY is a highly valued virtue in many communities, especially in Asia. Mahatma Gandhi, for example, said that attempting to sustain truth without humility is doomed as an “arrogant caricature” of truth. Management consultant and author Jim Collins and his colleagues found that a certain type of leader, whom they termed Level 5 Leader (L5L), possesses humility and fierce resolve. It appears that humility is making its way back into the Western perspective of leadership. However, it is disheartening to hear a veteran politician reportedly say: “So, don’t be too humble because I have learnt my humble lessons of being too humble.” Humility is a funny thing — the moment you feel you’re too humble, it is gone. 2010-07-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32418/1/DZUL32.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2010) Humility rules! New Sunday Times.
spellingShingle BV1460 Religious Education
Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Humility rules!
title Humility rules!
title_full Humility rules!
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title_short Humility rules!
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url http://eprints.usm.my/32418/
http://eprints.usm.my/32418/1/DZUL32.pdf