Finding the Lesson

As I continue to mature, I recognize more and more the challenges created by my own ego. Ego-based decisions are not always easy to identify and they tend to undermine goals rather than advance them.

I have found that two questions usually suffice to separate ego from logical conversational decisions:
• Is my goal to learn or is it to prove myself to be correct?
• How are my words serving my goal?

It is amazing how much you learn when you are not too busy trying to be right. More often than not the best lessons in life are learned from those who do not agree with you.

“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.” - Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)