I have an ego issue.  9 times out of 10 I believe that I am more talented, more right, and more capable than you are.  I am the king and you are the pawn.

Does this seem familiar to you? Are we all Kings?

A chess box has two kings and sixteen pawns.  Yet, if our egos had a say, there would be sixteen kings.  That’s way too many: there just isn’t enough space on the board for that!

Likewise, there isn’t enough space in the game of life for all of us to have regal egos. 

Fight the urge to treat others like you’re a king, because in all likelihood you’re on the same level with them.

This week Fast Company published an excellent piece on parables, which featured the following Italian proverb:

“At the end of the game, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.”

Remember this quote when you start to feel a little majestic.

Put your ego back in the box—it’s all just a game.

- Bryan