“Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.”

— Colin Powell

Variant: You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.

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Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general 1937

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