“For just so long as we were convinced that we could live exclusively by our own individual strength and intelligence, for just that long was a working faith in a Higher Power impossible.” (Page 72, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions)
Whenever I look at a situation and assume I’m right, I’m living exclusively by my intelligence.
Whenever I engage in a course of action without asking God for strength, I’m living exclusively by my strength.
It turns out I’m guilty as charged far more often than I might intuitively think.