030: Primility’s Greatest Strength Can Be Its Greatest Weakness
The greatest strength of Primility can also be its greatest weakness. As a mindset framework, it is so simple: balance pride and humility. That simplicity is what attracts people to it. But we should...
View Article031 RTT: The Importance of the Right Reasons
Achieving goals is great … but are the reasons why we achieved the goal more important in the long run than the actual goal itself? Surely it will depend on context and circumstance. But for certain...
View Article032 WW: Goethe’s ‘Great Error’ is a Pure Expression of Primility
“It is a great error to take oneself for more than one is, or for less than one is worth.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German writer, statesman, botanist) Today’s edition of Wisdom Wednesday takes us...
View Article033 TYT: Are You Ignoring Your Responsibility for Reciprocity?
This episode of Thank You Thursday may not be about what you think it’s going to be about based on the headline. When we think of reciprocity, we often think about it in terms of our role in performing...
View Article034: Why I Wear a Red Wristband (Should You?)
Balance is rarely perfect. The moment two opposing forces come into balance, they are immediately at risk of coming right back out of balance. Such is Primility, where the goal is not the perpetual...
View Article035: How Pride Helps Us Overcome Humble Beginnings
I get a rush when people ask me for advice, and I’m able to respond in a way that illuminates the power of Primility. That happened recently with Patrick. He sent me the following message: Hey Jerod,...
View Article036 RTT: Primility is About More Than Just Pride and Humility
Today’s episode of Real Talk Tuesday provides some real talk about Primility. And it was inspired some real talk I had with a loyal Primility listener, who was kind enough and courageous enough to tell...
View Article037 WW: To Be a Better Leader … Be a Better Teammate
“No leader ever became worse by thinking about their teammates more.” Today’s #WisdomWednesday quote comes from James Clear, who I’ve been reading a lot lately since I subscribed to his blog. (You can...
View Article038: How to Write a Thank You Note to Someone You Don’t Know
As we discussed in episode 023, there are two S’s that make a thank you note meaningful … and they apply whether you personally know the recipient or not. Specificity and sincerity. In today’s episode...
View Article039 WILD: Clothe Yourself in Humble Swagger
I love encountering examples of Primility out in the wild. This week, I encountered three, so let’s give a new regular show theme a try: Primility in the Wild. And I want you to help me out with it!...
View Article040: Yes, You Are a Role Model
Charles Barkley has made many insightful statements. He’s also made one infamously disingenuous one. Remember this commercial? Charles says the following: I am not a role model. I’m not paid to be a...
View Article041: Spotlight on the Inspiring Courage of Geoff Reese and Samuel Hatton
Who’s going to listen? What do I have to say? So often, we have to fight these fearful questions before, during, and even after we put our most precious, yet protected, thoughts and ideas out in the...
View Article042 WW: Lessons From Arthur Ashe’s Pride, Humility, and Humanity
Arthur Ashe personified courage — which is why the eponymous Arthur Ashe Courage Award is given out each year. Arthur Ashe also personified primility, and his legacy continues to provide a great...
View Article043 TYT: Thank YOU
I am not excited about doing today’s Primer. There, I said it. Okay, I should rephrase that to be completely accurate: I was not excited about doing today’s Primer, as recently as about 10 minutes ago....
View Article044 WILD: Overcoming Arrogance in Relationships
When we think of the word pride, especially pride in excess, the bad kind of pride, arrogance is one of the first synonyms that comes to mind. And when it comes to our relationships — romantic,...
View Article045: How We Earned Some Pride Doing Our Own Home Deconstruction
I am anything but handy. This, in addition to the routine challenges of maintaining a home, has made being a homeowner a truly humbling experience. I’ve been confronted with responsibilities I simply...
View Article046: The Primility of Aaron Rodgers (And How it Can Work For You)
One of the great ironies of sports is that the very best athletes, who you think would need the least coaching, are often the ones who thirst for it the most. It’s what makes them great. Sure, there...
View Article047 WW: Why It Is Hard to Be Humble
It’s hard to be humble … because pride is our natural state. But if we never step back and realize this, we’ll never have the self-knowledge that is necessary to achieve the proper balance between our...
View Article048 TYT: To The Man Who Saved Rebel’s Life
My dog Rebel celebrated his 11th birthday recently, yet he came so close to not even making it to his first. In this episode of Primility Primer, I retell the story of the day now a decade ago when...
View Article049: A Certain Kind of Pride
In many cases, understanding what we don’t know is as important as understanding what we do know. Yesterday, I came across a great example of this, wrapped in a lesson about Primility. The first part...
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