self-effacing

Buehler was self-effacing in his postgame news conference, joking about what he thought when Lindor came to the plate: “I think the fear of pitching the way I pitched all year is probably where I channel it from.”

Johnson is calm and self-effacing by nature, with the same low-key charm and thoughtfulness that he brings to his stand-up.

No one who has followed the career of that famously self-effacing and modest business leader Elon Musk could have expected him to boast openly about having secured approval from Tesla shareholders for two important initiatives: moving the company’s state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware, and “ratifying” his massive 2018 compensation package after it was invalidated by a Delaware state judge.

Kind, self-effacing, with a big smile.

Self-effacing storytelling he describes as “a bit stabby” highlighted lessons learned the extraordinarily hard way, with plenty of advice from Tim Ferriss, Malcolm Gladwell, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Joseph Heller, A.J.