Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent

So does that mean we give up creating the future that we want? Not at all. That said, we can learn to recognize and appreciate how good we’ve already got it today while also creating what we want tomorrow. So

And finally, when we are truly focused on effort, rather than outcomes, we find it easier to resist the temptation to abandon our integrity.

asking identity-related questions such as “who am I?” creates a layer of abstraction between emotion and perception that is largely just a distraction from action. Instead, it works better to just do. As Giannis Antetokounmpo once said, “When I focus on the past, that's my ego. When I focus on the future, it's my pride. I try to focus on the moment

I let go of needing to see how all of the dots were going to connect in the future, and instead I made a commitment to what had me feel more strong and expansive in the present. Instead of waiting to be inspired, I got disciplined. If I wanted to learn a certain skill, I put in the time and energy to learn that skill.