Truly Successful People Avoid this One Behavior
4 min readNov 3, 2021
Self-Esteem over Pride. Action over Illusion.
“Pride is a spiritual cancer,” C.S. Lewis observed, “it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” While it’s good to take pride in our accomplishments, or be proud of the standards we set and the legacy we create, pride also blinds us to risk. It creates destructive tendencies. It is one of our most…