Intellectual humility or honesty with self

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• “Intellectual humility” (an awareness that one’s beliefs may be wrong) may influence people’s decision-making abilities in politics, health and other arenas, says new research from Duke University.

• As defined by the authors, intellectual humility is the opposite of intellectual arrogance or conceit (excessive pride in oneself or egomania). 

• In common parlance, intellectual humility resembles open-mindedness. 

• Intellectually humble people can have strong beliefs, but recognize their fallibility and are willing to be proven wrong on matters large and small, Leary said.

• People who displayed intellectual humility also did a better job evaluating the quality of evidence (Example: When an advisor points out with data that it was not bad luck but poor financial choices taken with in-adequate knowledge that lead to poor results, an intellectually honest client may be more inclined to accept and implement. Consequently the relationship will have lower friction when compared to others). 

• “If you’re sitting around a table at a meeting and the boss is very low in intellectual humility, he or she isn’t going to listen to other people’s suggestions,” Leary said. “Yet we know that good leadership requires broadness of perspective and taking as many perspectives into account as possible.”

• Leary and his co-authors suggest that intellectual humility is a quality that could be encouraged and taught.

• “Not being afraid of being wrong – that’s a value, and I think it is a value we could promote,” he said. “I think if everyone was a bit more intellectually humble we’d all get along better, we’d be less frustrated with each other.”

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