Humility takes a lifetime to learn and requires daily practice. Leaders are also good followers. It takes a wise and humble leader to know when to lead from the front and when to follow from behind. I have been in both situations in my experience as a Navy SEAL and in the business world and it is DIFFICULT.
I love C.S. Lewis’ quote: “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.” The greatest person to walk the earth said this about leadership: “But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave” (Matt. 20:26-27 NLT).
The highest achievement of every leader is to be the least, the last and the lowest.