The Quiet Duel -

The reason this duel is so dangerous is that nobody else knows it’s happening. When you lose a public fight, people offer sympathy or advice. When you lose the quiet duel—when you talk yourself out of a dream or succumb to a bad habit—there is no audience to pull you back up.

This duel doesn’t happen on a battlefield; it happens in the kitchen at 2:00 AM, in the silence of a long commute, or in the split second before you decide to speak up or stay silent. The Quiet Duel

Name the feeling. Is it ego? Is it fear? You can’t defeat an enemy you refuse to see. The reason this duel is so dangerous is