The 7 Silent Moments That Can Transform Your Life According to Stoic Wisdom
Holding back gives me time to absorb, reflect, and respond in a way that is actually useful—not just reactive.
5) When my ego is the one talking
There’s a difference between speaking with purpose and speaking just to protect my pride.
I’ve caught myself in conversations where I wasn’t really trying to understand the other person—I just wanted to be right. I wanted to prove that I knew more, that I had the better argument, that I wouldn’t back down.
But in those moments, I wasn’t speaking from wisdom. I was speaking from ego.
