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Our co-host, Jennifer, listened to the three prior podcasts on humility and today she shares with Gary her view on the topics:
In thinking about the differences between humility and humiliation real-life experiences bubbled to the surface for Jennifer. For example, her job of 11 years where her boss had a very different management style than Jennifer. Her success in that job had a large part to do with Jennifer deflecting her boss’s micro-management style by practicing humility both with her boss and her direct reports. She kept the turnover rate on her team very low.
Jennifer then gives an example from her personal life – dealing with her ex-husband. This is contrasted with having a relationship with someone who also believes in humility. It engenders trust and improves the relationship. Which led her to the podcast on humility and abundance. No need to be perfect, just willing to make room for each other and work on the relationship.
Moving on to humility and freedom Jennifer was reminded of when early in her career she felt she had to prove herself, have no flaws, and “do it all!” without accepting help. She relates a story of regret with regards to a time someone offered her help and Jennifer initially refused, to which the woman making the offer replied, “If you never ask for help no one will ever know you are human.” Accepting that help made a great difference in Jennifer’s management style, which helped later in life with the micromanaging boss.
Jennifer and Gary discuss the impact of Jungian Type on the perceptions of humility vs humiliation.
The discussion moves to the relationship between “being right” and humility/humiliation.
Why is humility difficult to practice? The relationship between humility and karma is discussed.
The final topic is the importance of humility in promoting a sense of togetherness in a relationship.
Well, that concludes another podcast in the Power of Humility series.
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