{"id":167,"date":"2020-06-14T22:08:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T20:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:35:22","slug":"fargo-humbleness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"FARGO & HUMBLENESS"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\r\n

What makes a leader truly conscious?<\/p>\r\n

It starts with humility. Not the self-effacing, meek stereotype\u2014but the kind of humbleness that comes from awareness, strength, and courage. And yes, I know what some may be thinking:<\/p>\r\n

\u201cCan a humble person really lead?\u201d<\/em>
\u201cDon\u2019t leaders need to be bold, assertive, confident\u2014even a little self-centered?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n

These are fair questions. But here\u2019s the paradox: the most confident leaders I\u2019ve met were also the most humble. Not because they lacked ego, but because they had learned to master it.<\/p>\r\n

Let\u2019s call this inner tension\u00a0FARGO<\/strong>\u2014Fear + Ego.
FARGO is the invisible driver behind poor decisions, toxic cultures, and insecure leadership. When fear and ego take the wheel, leaders become vulnerable\u2014to flattery, groupthink, and conformity. They surround themselves with people who think and look like them, and see talent as a threat instead of a gift.<\/p>\r\n

Years ago, I worked at Ogilvy, where I discovered one of David Ogilvy\u2019s most famous sayings:<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs.
But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

That\u2019s humility in action. The opposite of FARGO.<\/p>\r\n

I once advised a global financial board\u2014diverse on paper, but executives were nearly identical in style, even physically. The CEO ruled through fear, but behind his aggression was deep insecurity. He tried to intimidate me in our first meeting and told me to speed up. He didi not have time to waste.\u00a0 I simply told him that, as a human being, my time was just as valuable as his. He paid attention after that.<\/p>\r\n

Fear and ego may be human, but they don\u2019t have to lead us. There\u2019s an antidote. I call it\u00a0HUMRAGE<\/strong>\u2014Humility + Courage. It\u2019s the mindset of leaders who are deeply grounded, yet unafraid to speak up, stand tall, and uplift others.<\/p>\r\n

As Castaneda wrote:<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn\u2019t permit anyone to lower his head to him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Sun Tzu, centuries before, knew it too. He described humility as a position of strength\u2014one to be disrupted in enemies, because it gave them power. And across spiritual traditions, from the Tao to the Bible, we find the same message: humility isn\u2019t weakness. It\u2019s wisdom.<\/p>\r\n

So, What makes a leader truly conscious? Here\u2019s the equation:<\/p>\r\n

Consciousness = FARGO + HUMRAGE<\/strong>
We all carry fear and ego. That\u2019s natural. But consciousness arises when we confront them with humility and courage.<\/p>\r\n

And that leads to the real question:
How will you develop your HUMRAGE? <\/strong>You are the only person who can answer that question.<\/p>\r\n

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Conscious Leadership Tip #3: Be ahead not above.<\/h3>\r\n


Be humble. Be grounded. Recognize the humanity in everyone\u2014including yourself. You may be ahead in one area or moment, but never above. Respect isn\u2019t given based on power. It\u2019s given because we are all connected by something beyond power\u2014life itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>What makes a leader truly conscious? It starts with humility. Not the self-effacing, meek stereotype\u2014but the kind of humbleness that comes from awareness, strength, and courage. And yes, I know what some may be thinking: \u201cCan a humble person really lead?\u201d\u201cDon\u2019t leaders need to be bold, assertive, confident\u2014even a little self-centered?\u201d These are fair questions. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,53,52],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-humbleness","tag-humility","tag-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enriqueopi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}