Holiday does a fantastic job explaining how your own ego is holding you back from reaching your full potential
Rating: 4/5
Ego: an unhealthy belief in our own importance
If you start believing your greatness, it will be the death of your creativity - Maria Abromovic
Be humble in your aspirations, gracious in your success and resilient through failure
Though we think big, we must act and live small in order to accomplish what we seek
Silence is the respite of the confident and the strong
‘To be somebody or to do something’ - John Boyd (which way will you go)
The preference of knowledge is our most dangerous vice because it prevents us from getting any better. Studious self-assessment is the antidote
‘It is impossible to learn that which thinks one already knows’ - Epictetus
Forget about passion, think about purpose and realism
Find canvases for other people to paint on. Clear the path for people above you and you will eventually create a path for yourself
Be lesser, do more
Help yourself by helping others. Let others take their credit on credit, while you defer and earn interest on your principal
Take it (people yelling at you). Eat it until you’re sick. Endure it. Quietly brush it off and work harder. Play the game. Ignore the noise.
Don’t live in the house of the abstract, live with the tangible and real
Humility engenders learning because it beats back the arrogance that puts blinders on. It leaves you open to the truths to reveal themselves
Always stay a student - Frank Shamrock
Instead of pretending you’re living a great story, remain focused on execution and executing excellence
Figure out why you’re after what you’re after
We never earn the right to be greedy or to pursue our interests at the expense of everyone else
Ego blocks us from the beauty and history of the world
Don’t be deceived by recognition you have gotten or the amount of money in your bank account
Protect your sobriety and focus on the work in front of you
Life takes your plans and obliterates them; sometimes once and sometimes lots of times
The great failing is to see yourself as more than you are and to value yourself less than your true worth
Don’t worry about the outcome because effort is enough
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct results of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming - John Wooden
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