Brain Food: Humility, Math, and Courage

it allowed me to see just how high my ego had raised the stakes of this meeting. No wonder I was panicked; buried inside my head was an idea that if I blew this meeting, I would lose my family.

If you are not embarrassed by your past self you have probably not grown up yet.

This involved some technical growth, and in order to make those steps I had to recognize the relationship between anger, ego, and fear. I had to develop the habit of taking on my technical weaknesses whenever someone pushed my limits instead of falling back into a self-protective indignant pose.

Thinking you know it all is a trap, because you don’t—at least I don’t. If you stay humble, you’ll keep advancing.