Checking your ego allows you to explore a bit more. Your EGO is trying to kill you, whether by restriction or excessive allowance 

Apology opportunities are a great example of an inflated ego. Our ego wants to maintain a place of dominance. We need to operate from a position of tolerance. 

Operating with a chip on your shoulder. Thinking that people do not understand you, your past, or your experiences. That is what feeds the ego.

Sit down ego, not today...