HUMILITY---one of the greatest of all human characteristics.....seek it.  Here is why.
Some people view the characteristic of humility as being weak.  I think it is very strong.
The humble are more teachable.  They think more of others and less about themselves. They are less "in competition" with others.  The humble can more easily talk about you rather than themselves.  They might even have time for you. They are builders of others.
They do  not think less of themselves (in terms of personal value) but they want to help you feel your own value.  Your growth and happiness is important to them....it is not all about them.
The humble can see lessons in their failures and accept those lessons with a deep sense of gratitude.

Give the place of honor to someone else....why would you need it for yourself?  Express gratitude rather than promote your own self importance.  Service to others and gratitude expressed for what others do for you lifts the receiver of your gratitude.  As they then go on their way possessing the gift of gratitude you have given them...they are happier and less burdened down with personal concerns...and they will likely do the same for another by lifting them ...and then that person for another....and so the gift given in humility and love and gratitude fills many people with something that is very much needed in our world...a sense of their own worth.  Your initial gift eventually blesses many, many people and makes the world a better place.
Maybe we would all be much better off if we said "OH, GOOD FOR YOU...." more frequently than we say "good for me."  Someone once asked me "is there something wrong with saying "good for me"...I said, "not at all. Actually, it is quite important to be able to say that.  But, take the good in you and give it away.  Give it as often and as much as you can.  Givers are so much happier than takers. Give away what God has given you....it will change you at the very center.  The best gifts are given....
I think it is quite fascinating that Jesus, the greatest of us all...was always known for his humility and lack of self-preoccupation...what a great example for us all.  He who knows all and and has all power...felt to say "for this is my work and my glory to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man..."  He work is about us...each of us.