Humilitas
Subtitle: a lost key to life, love, and leadership
By: John Dickson
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780310328629
Description: Shows how humility was an important virtue for prominent historical figures and in the findings of psychology and sociology, and describes how developing humility can transform personal relationships and professional dealings.
Table of contents: title: Thesis: what is humility and why does it matter?; title: Leadership: what it is and how humility fits in; title: Commonsense: the logic of humility; title: Aesthetics: how the humble are beautiful; title: Philotimia: why the ancient world didn't like humility; title: Cruciform: how a Jew from Nazareth redefined greatness; title: Growth: why humility generates abilities; title: Persuasion: how character determines influence; title: Inspiration: how humility lifts those around us; title: Harmony: why humility is better than "tolerance"; title: Steps: how it's possible to become (more) humble.