Can you be confident and humble at the same time?

2022-05-13

They seem to be a dichotomy. You can either be humble and modest about your accomplishments or you can be confident and proud. But I wondered if it was possible to be both confident and humble. I asked Helen Stimson and Patrick McGowan what they thought. Helen suggested the word "approachable" and we talked about being able to recognize when you don't know. I came away thinking humble and confident might be a spectrum and like most spectra, the sweet spot is somewhere in the middle. What do you think?...

They seem to be a dichotomy. You can either be humble and modest about your accomplishments or you can be confident and proud. But I wondered if it was possible to be both confident and humble.

I asked Helen Stimson and Patrick McGowan what they thought. Helen suggested the word "approachable" and we talked about being able to recognize when you don't know.

I came away thinking humble and confident might be a spectrum and like most spectra, the sweet spot is somewhere in the middle.

What do you think? How do humble and confident go together?

To connect with the panelists, please visit their LinkedIn profiles:
Helen Stimson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenstimson1/
Patrick McGowan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcgowanpatrick/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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