As a leader, do you feel like you have to know it all? Or that expressing uncertainty or revising your viewpoints would undermine your effectiveness as a leader? Unfortunately, this way of thinking ...

Do you ever find yourself mulling over your beliefs and opinions, thinking about why and how you came to hold a certain conviction, perhaps even questioning whether you might be wrong? Or maybe you ...

Recognizing this limitation and the potential fallibility of even our most deeply held beliefs is core to the concept of intellectual humility. “It helps you overcome this very categorical, ...

Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the ...

Since the nation’s earliest days, Americans have seen a role for schools in securing a stable democracy and cohesive society. However, for almost as long as we’ve agreed that schools should serve ...

Some psychological topics become popular to the point of boredom, such as intellectual humility. "Be humble, and proudly" say psychologists in The New York Times. Get "a lesson in intellectual ...

Intellectual humility has long been theorized to be an intellectual virtue, meaning that it reflects qualities necessary for critical thinking and forming accurate belief systems. In essence, ...

In the children’s chapter book series Zoey and Sassafras, which my own two kids adore, young Zoey has to work out how to save magical creatures with mysterious injuries and ailments. Zoey’s scientist ...

I answered this question along with a few others for Character Lab in a Tip of the Week: What is intellectual humility—and how is it different from just plain humility? Intellectual humility is about ...