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. Do I think I'm too good for this administration? Along as are still working as hard as you can at your job and making the best of it. You cannot eliminate it permanently. He could use this time as alive time or dead time.

In other words, do you only want to do something for recognition and validation, or do you actually want to make the world a better place?Impressing people is vastly different from being impressive.Once we’ve made it to the top, or have it in our sites, and have people giving us props as big successes that made it, it’s easy for us to start thinking, oh right, I’m the greatest, I’m a God, and stop doing what we were doing to make it this far to begin with.As we succeed more and more in the world, it’s easy for us to feel that we are special.

By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. 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.
Close. u/Motorvision. That there is a higher power in charge that wants to see us succeed. The truth is that we need to stop talking and start doing. Saying "no-one is too good for things" is not the same as saying "I should let someone shit all over me and I should betray my core values for money. I still have a chuckle at the fact I'm listening saying "I get this!"

Absolutely. Your job is just to do your work, do it well, and let it be. 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. 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. Go on Facebook and tell everyone about it.What getting props and support for setting out to do something before we even do it does is it gives your mind that little treat of validation it needs to not do anything. Whether you’re striving to succeed, have already made it, or are trying to bounce back from failure, whatever comes next, Ego is the Enemy.No thanks. It just made me look at problems in life in a very different perspective. 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. She probably thought she was being helpful, or something, but she wasn't. 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. If I remember correctly, he says you should accept criticism no matter what, because it'll help you grow. If you defeat it once, it’s not gone forever. It's our ego, trying to get a dopamine rush off the feeling of achieving more than others do. All we need to do is handle the process and the work, and let everything else take care of itself.No matter what our next steps in life are, one thing is for sure, we will encounter our ego. Malcolm X instead transformed his prison sentence into alive time and he used it to become an absorber of knowledge. 1 year ago. Ego is the thing in our head that wants to be recognized by others. The same goes for destroying our ego.

Would love to hear other users' takes on it. 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! There are many techniques to avoid ego-take over, including being eternal learners and pay homage to everyone who’s helped us along the way Again, personal example, but this year I moved to a new district in a small town because I wanted a new challenge and experience something fresh. But according to the book, thinking you're "too good" for a job is a sign of ego getting in the way, though it's also possible that my example here is a different issueOk, I haven't had a chance to read this one, so I'll take my downvote.

You have to accept it in that you really have to take criticism and think about it - even when you think it's crap, you should take some time to determine whether you can derive anything useful out of it. I turned in my resignation letter a few weeks ago and will be moving on, hopefully, to something better. Ego blinds inflates our sense of worth and blinds us to reality 2. Concentrate on your task at hand. If he did, you would never have heard of him. We do need an ego but the problem isn't that we have not enough ego, it's always that we have too much.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castWe are a community committed to learning about and applying Stoic principles and techniques.Press J to jump to the feed.
Am I too good for my students? Do this, reconnect, and when you feel yourself becoming detached, go do it again.No one is successful forever.

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