75 Scientific Principles of Humility

                                                     75 Scientific Principles of Humility

Science of Humility Number

Principles

Application: Yes or No

1.

Letting one’s accomplishments speak for themselves

2.

Not seeking the spotlight

3.

Not regarding oneself as more special than one is

4.

Not seeking fame for fame’s sake

5.

Admitting personal and moral limitations

6.

Making amends

7.

Relying on higher power

8.

An accurate (not underestimated) sense of one’s abilities and

achievement

9.

The ability to acknowledge one’s mistakes, imperfections, gaps in knowledge, and limitations (often with reference to a “higher power”)

10.

Openness to new ideas, contradictory information, and advice

11.

Keeping one’s abilities and accomplishments in perspective

12.

Relatively low focus on the self or an ability to “forget the self”

13.

 Appreciation of the value of all things, as well as the many different ways that people and things can contribute to our world.

14.

Moderate estimation of one’s merits or achievements

15.

Modesty in dress and social behavior

16.

Not taking full credit for success

17.

Lowering estimates for one’s future success when in the presence of another

18.

Have positive opinions of oneself but base their sense of worth on their intrinsic value

19.

Sense of compassion to self

20.

Non-defensive willingness to see the self accurately, including both strengths and limitations.

21.

Not willfully distort information in order to defend, repair, or verify their own image

22.

Not pressing toward self-importance and no burning need to see—or present—themselves as being better than they actually are

23.

Not particularly interested in dominating others in order to receive entitlements or to elevate their own status.

24.

Not harsh or condemning approaches toward themselves,

25.

not magnifying weaknesses 

26.

Not severely punishing failures

27.

Not overlooking strengths and successes

28.

willingness to see the self accurately rather than the absolute attainment of accuracy.

29.

willing and able to weigh information in a non-defensive way

30.

Willing to take an objective look at the self

31.

Welcome accurate information about themselves

32.

Teachable

33.

Ability to transcend a focus on the self or to view themselves from a broader perspective

34

Consider their own small role in the universe, their weakness in comparison to an omnipotent God, and their indebtedness to other people

35.

Resisting the temptation to boast

36.

Absence of narcissism, self-enhancement, entitlement, or defensiveness

37

Willingness to look at one’s flaws  and prompts people to seek and offer forgiveness

38

Have fewer needs to impress and dominate others,

39.

Less preoccupied with collecting special benefits for themselves.

40.

Having less reason to defend self-esteem, should thus take a more cautious approach and be less likely to fail.

41.

Conserve emotional and psychological energy by not having to constantly defend the self-image from threat

42.

willingness to self-criticize, if moderated, may ultimately help people move toward self-improvement goals

43.

A process of letting go of the self while simultaneously connecting with a greater reality

44.

Associated with submission before God

45.

Do not toot their own horns

46.

Acknowledge mistakes and imperfections

47.

Not take undue credit for their accomplishments, instead regarding themselves as fortunate to be in a position where something good has happened to them.

48.

Absence of what we term “look at me” affectations

49.

Person’s own sense that he or she is not the center of the universe

50.

Necessarily leads to modesty

51.

Does not entail self-derogation or self-humiliation.

52.

Do not mark a person as a loser, a shrinking violet, or a depressive

53.

Lead to a presentation of the self in an accurate way but, more important, in a way that deflects attention from the self and onto other people or circumstances.

54.

Necessarily honest and authentic

55.

Acceptance of oneself and an appreciation of one’s place in the larger world

56.

Down-to-earth and without pretense—the regular guys who carry a lunch pail to work and never ask for special treatment.

57.

Acknowledge the importance of everyone else

58.

Does not have a belief that one is better than other people

59.

Does not fantasize about fame and success and attribute failures to external factors.

60.

Does not compete and seek esteem by strategies like publicly outperforming others and winning admiration

61.

Does not have feelings of entitlement

62.

Does not believe that they deserve special treatment and other benefits

63.

Does not focus on collecting all that they deserve

64.

Does not have a belief of  superior intelligence and physical attractiveness

65.

Does show high levels of aggression, particularly when their sense of superiority is questioned

66.

Not hypersensitive to threats to their esteem

67.

Not reacting with anger at any sign of disrespect.

68.

Does not have a sense of psychological entitlement—in which people are preoccupied with their own rights and overestimate the amount that is owed to them—is also associated with aggressive and unforgiving behavior.

69.

Does not provoke interpersonal conflicts, for example cheating on dating partners

70.

Not taking credits from interdependent tasks

71.

Not interrupting others and showing little interest in what others had to say

72.

Express gratitude

73.

Not preoccupied with maximizing their esteem at any cost.

74.

Not setting inappropriately risky goals far beyond

their capabilities

75

Not likely to spend considerable energy working to maintain their inflated self-images