I'll admit - I'm not that humble. So I'm curious; how do you think humility makes your lives better and why is it important to you?
Good question, and one I would have wondered myself until recently, so let me take the time to try to answer for those that don't understand the point of trying to be humble.
So here's why I switched recently from being okay with my arrogance to trying to be more humble.
I've been thinking a lot about how to live life, and what beliefs and mindsets make your life better.
And if you're comparing these two, arrogance vs. humility, there is very few circumstances that arrogance will help.
Maybe a job interview (though it could also hurt, and self confidence is really what you need, not the arrogance).
Other times? It just alienates people. It makes you less open to learning (because you don't want to admit you're wrong). It doesn't improve your life at all.
Being more humble on the other hand, makes you more likable, makes you more likely to learn new things, and improve yourself overall.
I'm naturally arrogant, because I've always been a top performer at pretty much anything I've tried, ever (and often without trying). But when I'm thinking about what mindsets and beliefs I want to hold to make my life better, being humble is one that I'm working on implementing.
A secondary reason is that reading Mindset, by Carol Dweck, also helped me become more humble, because a growth mindset necessitates humility, whereas a fixed mindset is more arrogant. I'd rather have the growth mindset, so that leads me to trying more things, admitting I suck at some things, and trying to get better and learn.
Nothing "made" me humble (like some of the stories of people above), other than a logical choice to try to become more humble as a way to improve my life.