nah - not being humble causes you to overestimate yourself by varying degrees, may even lead to boastful nature, thus more eyeballs. As long as you walk the talk, you're good. Eg: Emi Martinez and his 'shithousery' in front of French teams XD
Idk if it leads to failure objectively, but not being humble makes you not appreciate things you have, relationships that you foster, etc. You probably won't have a fulfilling life. I can atleast say the same for myself.
This is my take on it. I feel that when people are humble in general, they are not irritating. They do not rub salt in other's wounds or put them down in any way or make them feel bad about themselves or cause trouble for others.
Same time you do the contrary, they will make it their goal to put you down. When you are neutral and not in their way they simply don't care, you are just another side character they encounter. But when you actually instigate/ boast/ put them down, it becomes their focus in their journey. Everyone likes a confident person, Nobody likes an over confident person. It becomes their objective to prove the confidence wrong.
I know you won't think this to be an answer to your question. But I will just make this observation. I study law in England, so remember that when you are thinking about my observation in the context of societal pressures and so on, which are (at least in some respects) likely to be different from those in India, even if there may be similarities to a certain extent. What I have noticed here at least (and obviously my experience may not reflect what is uniformly happening across the board) is that some of the best teachers I have had at law school and some of the most successful and intellectually high-flying lawyers I have met - solicitors and barristers - are extremely humble people and talk about their achievements in extremely Deprecatory terms.
This is my take on it. I feel that when people are humble in general, they are not irritating. They do not rub salt in other's wounds or put them down in any way or make them feel bad about themselves or cause trouble for others.
Same time you do the contrary, they will make it their goal to put you down. When you are neutral and not in their way they simply don't care, you are just another side character they encounter. But when you actually instigate/ boast/ put them down, it becomes their focus in their journey.
Everyone likes a confident person, Nobody likes an over confident person. It becomes their objective to prove the confidence wrong.
Be humble if you’ve achieved something. People get brownie points for “not” doing something they have the power to do.
OTOH, if you’ve not achieved anything, don’t be humble. You aren’t that important ;)