"Pride is a masterful encroacher. [[John D. Rockefeller]], as a young man, practiced a nightly conversation with himself. “**Because you have got a start**,” he’d say aloud or write in his diary, “**you think you are quite a merchant; look out or you will lose your head—go steady**.”"([Location 986](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=986)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[self-reflection]], [[pride]], [[ego]], [[humility]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[entrepreneur]], [[patience]] **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]