Check out this list from Coding Horror. With just one or two exceptions, it could just as well be the Ten Commandments for how to be an egoless employee or boss, or even an egoless human being. Certainly, anyone who does work that requires interdependence with others would benefit from following most or all of these rules. I especially like #3:
‘No matter how much “karate” you know, someone else will always know more. Such an individual can teach you some new moves if you ask. Seek and accept input from others, especially when you think it’s not needed.’
That last sentence is really something. Think of how much human misery would have been averted if more leaders and so-called experts of all stripes had sought input especially when they thought they didn’t need it.
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