Ego is the part of a person that compels me to take risks, to defend ideas, to help because I want to be the kind of person who helps, to build because I want to leave my mark on the world.
Ego makes you want to matter to other people.
Ego is not vanity. It is agency. Sometimes it is instinct.
Ego is going on social media to tell everyone how to live.
It is natural and good to take pride in your work, to share your experience, to be a role model.
A person saying “I am important” is cheap. A person being important or experienced is real. A person spending years, capital, reputation, attention, and pain to make something real is not cheap.
Ego made every innovation in history.
Wisdom is not the absence of ego. Wisdom is ego that was right, whether by luck, bravery, or experience. Ego with feedback. Ego that survives consequence.
No ego means no boundary, no authorship, no taste, no risk, no responsibility. A person with no ego does not build. They comply.
The problem is not ego. The problem is the vanity and cowardice that rejects criticism, reflection, failure or accountability.
"Fiat" ego wants recognition without proof. It wants fame and riches without work. It wants to gamble.
A healthy ego accepts cost, failure, and judgment ... and reward.
Bitcoin is not an ego-death machine. Bitcoin is made of people, all of which have an ego. Bitcoiners of all types are some of the most ego-driven people on Earth, for better or worse.
quotingEgo is the most expensive burden a person can carry.
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Bitcoin is an ego test. It's a journey that comes with humility, then curiosity, then experience, then wisdom.
Ego is fiat. Wisdom is proof of work.
Kill your ego. Ask questions. Stay curious. Keep learning.