What is the powerful connection between humility and growth? How do you view the quality of “humility”? Can you reframe the traditional definition of humility with something that empowers you to live with more compassion, strength, and openness?
In this podcast episode, Brandon Shurn discusses the third component to growth for solo and group practice owners: humility.
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In This Podcast
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Traditional humility
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The connection between humility and growth
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Reflective questions to help you cultivate humility
Traditional humility
In a traditional sense, humility is defined as the quality or condition of being humble … It’s traditionally seen as having a modest opinion on one’s own importance. (Brandon Shurn)
Given this definition, it’s easy to see how some high achievers may not resonate with this traditional sense of what being humble or having humility means.
Sometimes people reject the word “humility” because it is sometimes depicted as a weakness.
What is your association with “humility”? Do you see it more as a negative or positive quality?
I tend to think of humility as a state or quality of being, and there’s this blend that happens, between strength, compassion, and openness … We bring all of those concepts and qualities together [and] it remains in flux; the mixture changes, given the situation, not the person. (Brandon Shurn)
Brandon’s personal and more non-traditional definition of humility includes these three key components: strength, compassion, and openness, which flow like water depending on the situation.
The connection between humility and growth
When you talk about embracing humility and it’s this blend of strength, compassion, and openness, you recognize that there are times when you might need to be more strength-based, [for example]. (Brandon Shurn)
When you consider these three parts of humility as Brandon defines them, and view them as water, you can see how you can adjust your approach as you need to, depending on the situation at hand.
For example, sometimes as the practice owner, you will need to step into your strength to make good business decisions to push the business forward. Then, you may step into compassion and work with your staff to bring them up to speed with the change.
These are ways to utilize these great aspects found within humility.
Reflective questions to help you cultivate humility
1 – Given what I have learned about the non-traditional view of humility, what starter blend of compassion, openness, and strength might I want to cultivate?
2 – How might this new blend impact my business?
3 – To what degree am I okay with this potential disruption that could happen when I start to move differently?
