Humility. It is ironic, of course, to say that one of the traits you most embody is humility. But fundamentally, I am not the smartest guy around. Everything I care about is built out of curiosity, and a willingness to listen and try to understand. Any skill I have is for thinking in systems, trying to see the forest and the trees at the same time. But at the end of the day I know I have so much I can learn from others. A lot of the personal growth I’ve experienced over the last few years after leaving my work with Hive was finding the humility to learn from others that are younger than you or less experienced in other ways. With time, I have become better at being willing to sound and look stupid for the sake of understanding things better. And while I still have a long way to go in that regard, I think it’s a critical trait towards being a life-long learner.