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Columnist David Brooks Reflects on Overconfidence
"We're an overconfident species," contends New York Times columnist David Brooks. Brooks calls it a "magnification of the self," ...
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Sir Edmund Hilary Demonstrates Humility
In his book Humilitas, pastor John Dickson illustrates the beauty of humility in the life of Sir Edmund Hillary. In 1953 Hillary conquered Mount Everest ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Admits Frailty and Denial
In April, 2011, Newsweek magazine featured an article about Arnold Schwarzenegger, movie star and former governor of California. Here are some of the ...
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Overconfident Naval Officer Loses His Way in the Fog
During a 1923 training exercise, a naval destroyer called the USS Delphy led a flotilla of seven vessels down the California coast. The USS Delphy was ...
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John Perkins Reflects on the Uselessness of Fame
According to author and theologian Paul Metzger, one of his greatest living heroes is John Perkins, an African American Christian leader from Mississippi ...
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A Friend's Criticism Leads to Self-knowledge and Humility
How do you handle criticism? Is it an opportunity to take offense? Or is it a chance to grow in honesty about our faults and our need for God's grace? ...
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Research Shows We Inflate Our Good Qualities
Here's some good news: if you're like most people, you're way above average—at almost everything. Psychologists call this the state ...
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Team's Equipment Manager Displays Faithful Service
In the realm of sports superstars, Mike Murphy plays a small but essential role for his pro baseball team, the San Francisco Giants. In 2010, he helped ...
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President Bush Forgives a Staffer Caught in Plagiarism
In 2001 Tim Goeglein started running the White House Office of Public Liaison, providing him almost daily access to then President George Bush. All of ...
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Honestly Admitting and Confessing Sin
By the time Howard Schultz had resigned from Starbucks in 2000, the coffee chain was experiencing steady growth. Eight years later, when Starbucks was ...
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