Self-confidence is what empowers you to execute difficult decisions and develop self-knowledge. While the ego tries to prevent you from acknowledging… - Shane Parrish

First, we’re so afraid about what others will say about us that we fail to put our ideas out there and subject them to criticism. This way we can always be right. Second, if we do put our ideas out there and they are criticized, our ego steps in to protect us. We become invested in defending instead of upgrading our ideas.

Brag less, create more. Distract less, learn more. Gossip less, produce more. Take less, give more. Hate less, love more.

Talent and potential mean nothing if you can't consistently do the boring things when you don't feel like doing them.