Humility gets misdefined all the time.
For years, I told myself I was being humble…
because I was serving someone else’s vision instead of my own.
Mission-driven work.
Good people.
Real impact.
And to be clear, I learned a ton.
Did meaningful things.
No regrets there.
But here’s the part I didn’t want to admit…
the longer it went on, the more the things in my heart went untouched.
I wasn’t practicing humility.
I was practicing avoidance.
Real humility isn’t self-erasure.
It’s not shrinking.
It’s not pretending you don’t want what you want.
Humility is strength under restraint.
Knowing you have capacity…
and choosing when and how to deploy it with intention.
Sometimes the most humble thing you can do
is stop hiding behind “service”
and actually take responsibility for your own vision.
If this resonated, save it.
And if you’ve been wrestling with this quietly, you’re not crazy.