Ego Is the Enemy

by Ryan Holiday

Make it about what you feel you must do and say, not what you care about and wish to be.

According to Greene, there are two types of time in our lives: dead time, when people are passive and waiting, and alive time, when people are learning and acting and utilizing every second. Every moment of failure, every moment or situation that we did not deliberately choose or control, presents this choice: Alive time. Dead time.