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CHAPTER FOUR

Humility

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

—PROV. 25:17

Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.

—PROV. 18:12

Imageickles and ice cream. Humility and leadership. Some things don’t seem to fit together very well initially. I once heard an experienced secretary in a large accounting firm comment on a young accountant’s self-effacing personal style, at first in an approving way because it made him so ‘‘easy to work with,’’ but then adding in a whisper, ‘‘But he’ll never ...

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