Humble people aren’t less confident. They’re just leaving the door open for new information.

Humility is often mistaken for low self-regard, when it is closer to a working method. Someone secure enough to say they might be wrong is not doubting their ability, they are declining to bet everything on a single reading of the facts. The loudest certainty in a room usually belongs to whoever has the most to lose from being corrected.

Try holding one of your firmer opinions loosely this week and see what happens. Ask what evidence would change your mind, and whether you have ever looked for it. Confidence that survives that question is worth more than the kind that avoids it.