What we need in leaders is not confidence, but confident humility. It's being secure enough in your strengths to acknowledge your weaknesses—and so determined to get it right that you're willing to admit you were wrong.
1. To watch
I'm excited to share my new TED talk on rethinking our goals, identities, and habits, where confident humility is a key theme:
Speaking without a live audience required some rethinking, but it also gave me a chance to work in some magic, feature some diving, and bring in colleagues to model confident humility.
2. To read
My NYT article on languishing gives a name—and some science—to the void of emptiness and stagnation that many us are feeling.
In my favorite counterpoint so far, Austin Klein makes a compelling case that some of us are dormant, like a volcano waiting to be activated. I agree that we shouldn't expect to flourish in bad conditions, but I still think it's worth trying.
