It’s hard to grow when you think you don’t need to.

It’s hard to learn when you think you know enough already.

Growth, learning, advancement of any kind takes effort, resources, time.

You’re not likely to expend that effort unless you think you need to.

Learning requires the humility to recognize that you have something to learn.

You won’t learn until you try.

You won’t try unless you think you need to.

You won’t think you need to unless you acknowledge the room for growth.

If you think you’re green, you grow.

If you think you’re ripe, you rot.

Learn more

• Here are two videos that introduce the Dunning-Kruger effect and explain how it illustrates the importance of intellectual humility.