"Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it."
Colin Powell (1937 - )
Colin Powell (1937 - )
posted by Michelle at 7:42 AM
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posted by Michelle at 7:42 AM
2 Comments:
You should not be defined by your position - what you do is not who you are.
Perhaps the ego itself is the stumbling block that makes the position fail.
Getting something wrong is not always a terrible thing and a healthy self-concept can accept that.
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