"Call me a fool on my face. I won't flinch. I've no ego."
The chairman said it often.
One day, he sacked the lift operator.
The lift had arrived seconds late.
He said he had no ego.
His watch did.
Ego is the deadliest killer in the room.
Most people never see it coming.
Because it wears a familiar face.
Yours.
It asks only one question: "What's in it for me?"
It hijacks every conversation:
- Trivialises a friend's pain with your victory story.
- Tears down a colleague's idea to look smarter.
- Reads only to hunt for agreement.
Ego wears confidence. But it's counterfeit.
Real confidence admits mistakes.
Ego defends to the death.
It delivers fake smiles, shallow attention, hollow wins.
And quietly kills every connection worth keeping.
The chairman never flinched at being called a fool.
He flinched at being made to wait.
That's ego.
Dead weight.
Always in a hurry to prove it isn't there.
When was the last time your watch spoke for you?
I explore these quiet shifts on Instagram.
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