Recommended reading (Ego Involvement)

The fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome.  It’s called ego involvement.

When failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing.  Not because you don’t care, but because you care too much.

You don’t need lower standards.  You need less self-worth tangled up in your goals.

The work gets easier when it’s not about proving who you are.

-lina (The Science of Being)