What’s so false about false humility?

Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD
3 min readJul 20, 2018

Sometime in the last one year, 11 months ago in actual fact, I discussed how it is no truly successful person in today’s world wants to be associated with the word ‘humble’.

The problem? The word humility was coined at a time during which formal education systems and labor markets had yet to be what they are today. In those days, you could not say you graduated Summa Cum Laude (Amerian system) or…

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Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD

Educator and Researcher, Believer in Spirituality, Life is serious business, but we all are pilgrims so I write about important stuff with empathy and ethos