It's very apparent to me, especially when I teach. My ego is starting to rear its head in the back of my head and that's not good.
Now I don't consider myself to be necessarily full of myself, but a small voice has been sounding in my mind saying "Well I'm a second degree now, so I know everything!"
I need to get a grasp on that.
My rational mind knows it's not true, but there is still that part of me that secretly wants to sit on a special chair and wear a big hat.
Even though I didn't morph into a magical martial arts goddess when I put my stripes on, I'm finding it hard to come back down to humble reality. That's part of the pitfalls of promotion I guess...becoming too big for your uniform.
I still have a lot to learn. A LOT to learn and I need to keep that in mind.
Ego-less training is important, otherwise you miss opportunities to learn and I don't want that to happen.
Guess I need to take a second and eat some humble pie....time enough later for the special chair and big hat!
