{"id":88,"date":"2015-01-28T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/?p=88"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:11:39","slug":"humility-the-quiet-key-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"Humility: The Only Flex That Isn&#8217;t Annoying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think of success like a blockbuster movie: there may be a star on the poster, but there&#8217;s also a director, a script editor, and about a hundred people making sure the lights stay on. Our research shows the same is true for real-life achievements. The people who reach the top aren&#8217;t just skilled\u2014they&#8217;re open to guidance, correction, and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We analyzed data from our <a href=\"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/corporate\/tests\/coachability-and-trainability-attitude-assessment\">CTAA (Coachability &amp; Trainability Attitude Assessment)<\/a> by splitting participants into two groups: <strong>Goal-Achievers<\/strong> (those who achieve most of the objectives they set) and <strong>Non\u2013Goal-Achievers<\/strong> (those who haven&#8217;t reached many goals).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s what the stats show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Goal-achievers are more open to coaching (score of 78 vs 64 for Non goal-achievers, on a scale from 0 to 100).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are more willing to accept criticism (76 vs 63).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are more open to learning and self-improvement (88 vs 71).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are more willing to ask others for help (73 vs 61).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are more comfortable admitting mistakes, failures, or faults (73 vs 58).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They are more driven and perseverant (91 vs 57).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our research also indicates that among the goal-achievers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>89% actively seek out opportunities to learn new things (compared to 31% of non goal-achievers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>73% ask for help when they need it (vs 37%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>96% continuously look for ways to improve themselves (vs 50%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>And when they fail, 90% of goal-achievers will keep trying until they succeed (vs 25% of non goal-achievers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non\u2013goal achievers usually trip over two big hurdles: either they don&#8217;t believe they&#8217;ve got what it takes, or they treat asking for help like using cheat codes. So they make success ten times harder than it needs to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coaching only works if you drop your ego. Whether you&#8217;re running sprints or running a company, progress requires letting people guide you, critique you, and sometimes tell you what you don&#8217;t want to hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s humility: not weakness, not surrender\u2014just the guts to admit you&#8217;re not perfect and the smarts to know you can&#8217;t do it all alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coaching works\u2014when you&#8217;ve got the right people. <a href=\"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/corporate\/tests\/coachability-and-trainability-attitude-assessment\">CTAA (Coachability &amp; Trainability Attitude Assessment)<\/a> tells you who they are before hiring them. Ask for a <a href=\"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/corporate\/freetrial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drive gets you in the race. Humility and coachability keep you from running in circles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emotional-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":780,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archprofile.com\/archprofile_blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}