Here are seven things you can do nearly every day to practice humble.

Avoid taking credit. This goes beyond saying, “Aw shucks,” to deflect a compliment. Practice the discipline of secrecy by bring to keep an achievement from being known to others. That means not saying things like, “I fixed the copier, you can thank me later.”

Praise others. Pride makes us envious or resentful of another’s talents. The surest way to break that is to compliment others. Don’t pass up an opportunity.

Help others succeed. Few things attack the ego quite as much as helping others succeed. Pride hoards knowledge and resources; humility shares.

Admit your mistakes. Ugh. Nobody likes doing this, but the quicker you’re willing to say “I was wrong” the closer you are to humility.

Learn from others. This is another way of appreciating the value of others. When you acknowledge that they have advanced beyond you, you humble yourself.

Go last. At a restaurant, at family dinner, in line at a super-market, let someone else go first. It’ll do you good.

Serve someone. We instinctively resist serving because we believe there is a direct relationship between being served and being important. Bring your spouse a cup of tea, run an errand for a friend, give away some money.

The only way to be humble is to be humbled. Though that is difficult to accept, you can do it. Andrew Murray wrote, “The danger of pride is greater and nearer than we think, and the grace for humility too.”