Humility's Place

Humility has no place in the Western world.  Not if you are trying to make things happen and show your worth.  If I want something I have to attack it, I have to take it.  No one wants you if you don't sell yourself to them.  But with the way the world is set up, no one will see you, no one will recognize your strengths, or spend enough time with you to find out who you really are if you are not selling yourself.  And humility, differentiation, and being humble are inherently the opposite of promotion of the self.  Yes, of course, sometimes humility can be a selling point, but someone has to see this, and if you are promoting your humility... are you really being humble?  And then if you leave it to someone else to sell your merits, what recourse do you really have?  Do they really know you, can you really rely on what their true interests are or their own personal motivations?

This makes life difficult for the person working towards a humble life, one where you work hard and let the results and quality of your work speak for themselves.  There is little place for this in today's world.  If I want a job I have to be pushy, I have to go out and show every possible employer how 'great' I am.  My resume/CV has to talk about how 'great' I am, all the 'great' things I've done, and how 'great' my work for them will be.  Now, perhaps I am a good worker, but if I don't boast about it, where then does the opportunity to actually do work come from...??