Be quiet, work hard, and stay healthy. It’s not ambition or skill that is going to set you apart but sanity.
When we remove ego, we’re left with what is real. What replaces ego is humility, yes — but rock-hard humility and confidence. Whereas ego is artificial, this type of confidence can hold weight. Ego is stolen. Confidence is earned. Ego is self-anointed, its swagger is artifice. One is girding yourself, the other gaslighting. It’s the difference between potent and poisonous.
Greatness comes from humble beginnings; it comes from grunt work. It means you’re the least important person in the room — until you change that with results.
