Humility, not false praise or inflated self-esteem, is what pushes people to become their best selves

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• A really good product manager has to be very confident, often to the point of bordering on arrogance. PSPeter Sellis20 Sept 2026humility
• Apple is arrogant DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson17 Jan 2024humility
• Argue like you are right and listen like you are wrong, with the humility to know what you do not know. AGAdam Grant9 Jun 2026humility
• Assuming you are a typical observer in the universe is not humility but a hilariously presumptuous claim that typical observers are like you. SCSean Carroll22 Apr 2024humility
• Being too ambitious and visionary at the outset is how founders miss product-market fit, because it stops them starting somewhere small and humble enough. MPMark Pincus14 Jun 2026humility

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