Architect Humble About His Unfinished Work

In 1882 the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi started work on his masterpiece, The El Templo de la Sagrada Familia (or The Church of the Holy Family), ...

Corporate America's New Trend: Humility

According The Wall Street Journal, there's a new fad among top-level business executives—it's called humility. The article titled "The ...

A Cultural Shift on Pride

In an NPR interview, David Brooks, author of The Road to Character, observes how differently we deal with promoting our own success. Brooks said:

The day ...

Middle Schoolers Want to Be 'Assistant to Celebrity'

A researcher distributed a survey to 653 middle school students around Rochester, New York, a community whose demographics in many ways reflect those ...

Moral Overconfidence

Nitin Nohria, in the Washington Post, explores the idea that we are not as virtuous as we think we are. Nitin has coined the term "moral overconfidence. ...

You're Really Not That Nice

A 1961 research project asked ordinary people to send extremely painful electric shocks to a stranger. (Unbeknownst to the participants, the fake shocks ...

And Speaking of Humility … Humble Pie for the CEO

According to The Wall Street Journal, there's a new fad among top-level business executives—it's called humility. The article titled "The ...

Actor Rob Lowe on Karma

"I try to hold on to the things I believe to be good and true. Good things happen to good people. Karma is real. There is a larger, better plan for ...

40 Percent of Men on Dating Site Claim Genius Status

There's nothing wrong with thinking that you're smart. You probably are pretty smart, and we commend your healthy esteem and belief in yourself. ...

Denzel Washington's Mom Teaches Him About Humility

"When I was young and started really making it as an actor, I came and talked to my mother and said, 'Mom, did you think this was going to happen? ...