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It always is coming back at you.

I’ve worked with people who feel they are to good for a job and therefore don’t even try, this would be ego getting it the way.Good point, I wasn't 100% sure if it was an ego thing or something elseHaven't read it, but I think across the board, the distinctions you've made are sapient.My assessment of where ego becomes a problem is when it gets in the way of our growth, relating to people, or making us miserable. She probably thought she was being helpful, or something, but she wasn't.

What are your thoughts on it?I love this and his previous book "The Obstacle Is The Way", which is what introduced me to the works of Marcus Aurelius and Seneca.Edit: I think I like Obstacle Is The Way the best out of his books.I personally found thus book quite disappointing.

Malcolm X instead transformed his prison sentence into alive time and he used it to become an absorber of knowledge.

Your ego will be what decides.When Malcolm X was arrested for larceny and sentenced to 8-10 years in prison, he had a lot more time on his hands. We need to remember that there are lessons in our failures, there’s lessons in our successes, there’s lessons in everything. Concentrate on your task at hand. Ego is the thing in our head that wants to be recognized by others. You read Obstacle is the Way?I've listened to both audio books (Ego & The Obstacle) versions twice. I absolutely loved his other book "obstacle is the way", very strong stuff.

I turned in my resignation letter a few weeks ago and will be moving on, hopefully, to something better. Stop telling people we’re going to do something, realize if anything is going to get done, you need to do it, sit down, shut up, and do your work.Falling in with this point is the chapter of Work Work Work. Ideally, a mentor provides you with guidance and feedback on your teaching, though it's generally reserved for brand new teachers (which I am not). Haven't done that with a book in a very long time.Good summary, read the written version, didn't read the book.Glad you got value out of it! I've noticed that usually the people who call you out for having an "ego" are generally insecureI haven't read the book, but it seems like it's your ego talkin, holding on, or clinging to your ego.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPress J to jump to the feed.

Ego really might be the enemy and it leads to too many fucks given.

By-products of the work. use the following search parameters to narrow your results: subreddit:subreddit find submissions in "subreddit" author:username find submissions by "username" site:example.com find … If you defeat it once, it’s not gone forever. Reading books teaching him about different religions, politics, and world leaders. Your ego.Your ego is the voice in the back of your head that says “don’t worry about working hard, that’s for those other guys who aren’t as talented” if you’re on top it’s the voice that tells you you’re better than everyone else, and if you’ve failed it’s the voice that tells you you’re worthless and can’t recover and no one has ever been worse than you.We all have ego in a sense, and we need to continuously try and “sweep the floor” with it. Close. The same goes for destroying our ego. What I found here was a boss that's, for lack of a better term, "fake" (he'll smile and be friendly to your face, but stab you in the back later), culturally ignorant, and incredibly passive aggressive.

Not at all.

We want others to see how good we are doing in our job, with our hobby or how much fun we have by showing off on social media. and many others would probably say that it's bullshit and you "need" ego to "succeed" in life.Ehh both can be right.

Along as are still working as hard as you can at your job and making the best of it. I think it's safe to ignore "criticisms" from people like that. Being impressive and succeeding often involves nothing more than putting in more hours than everyone else.

Ego blinds inflates our sense of worth and blinds us to reality 2. I think it's an immensely empowering view to have.So I'm really looking forward to reading this one as well.It's the kind of book I'd want to immerse myself into, read slowly and apply.I loved it.

Do I think I'm too good for this administration? Read it over a weekend.

Why shouldn't we should be discerning and hold standards for ourselves? Malcolm X didn’t do this. He mentions how a few famous people have big egos and are successful, but aren't successful because of their egos, and how it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking ego = successI do agree with you though, we need to be nuanced and have our own standards, and not be afraid to be proud of what we've done. The u_ego_is-the-enemy community on Reddit. The ego is definitely capable of creating misery, I think.Furthermore, I think a distinction could be made between today's pejorative context of ego, and "healthy" ego. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.

Do it for your own reasons.