of Bounce!: Failure, Resiliency, and Confidence to Achieve Your Next Great Success (Wiley; $24.95). “Emotions can scrape you off the bottom when there is nothing else there. You’ve got to be passionate about what you do but you can’t let that drive your process,” he says. In Muchomba’s case, he let his ego get in the way. “While ego is an important motivator,” Moltz says, “it can’t control how you function.”