“**you must practice seeing yourself with a little distance**, cultivating the ability to get out of your own head. Detachment is a sort of natural ego antidote. **It’s easy to be emotionally invested and infatuated with your own work. Any and every narcissist can do that.** What is rare is not raw talent, skill, or even confidence, but humility, diligence, and self-awareness. ([Location 367](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=367))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[self-reflection]], [[ego]], [[humility]], [[mindfulness]], [[narcisism]] **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]