You are not your ego. Don't allow the thoughts in your head to dictate who you are or what your do. Your fear is not who you are. Your identification with things is not who you are.
Being obsessed about potential is not living in the present moment and allows ego to control your actions. If you never experience the…

Yes everyone has an ego but you are not that ego. You consciously or unconsciously choose to allow.your ego to dictate your thoughts, behavior, actions, etc. Or you can transcend the ego, simply by being aware that ego is not you. That you are… and that is all. In every present moment that is now, you are complete.