"Maybe your parents will never be impressed. Maybe your girlfriend won’t care. Maybe the investor won’t see the numbers. Maybe the audience won’t clap. But we have to be able to push through. **We can’t let that be what motivates us**." ([Location 2059](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=2059)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[intrinsic-motivation]], [[extrinsic-motivation]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[humility]], [[parenting]], [[discipline]], [[personal-values]] **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]