Ego Is The Enemy: 9 Powerful Strategies For Taming Your Ego
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9 POWERFUL STRATEGIESFOR TAMING
YOUR EGO
Wherever you are, whatever
you're doing, your worst enemy
already lives inside you: Your Ego
EGO IS THE ENEMY
Of what you want...
Of what you have...
Of the difficulties you face...
When you catch yourself pretending
your life is a scene from a movie,
bring yourself back to reality.
There is no audienceto perform for.
There is just work to be doneand lessons to be learned.
As your successes mount,
your ego convinces you that you're
smarter than everyone else.
This is why many people who reach the top
have a sharp and precipitous fall from grace.
BECOME A BEGINNER:
- Pick up an unknown book
- Join a martial arts class
- Learn a musical instrument
The Antidote?
Purpose is focussed,driven, undaunted.
Purpose is deliberate actiontaken towards your goal,
day after day,ad-infinitum.
PURPOSE
Passion is the four-thousand-wordmanifesto emailed to your
co-workers at 4am.
Passion is Jerry Maguire.
Passion burns hotand cools quickly.
PASSION
Leave passion for the amateurs.
Crafting stories from past events is avery human impulse. It's also dangerous.
Writing our own narrative leads toarrogance and turns us into caricatures.
Ignore this temptation.
Foster distain for it.
Instead, stay focussed onexecuting with excellence.
Shun the false crown.
You needto be your
harshest critic.
Anyone canWin.
But not everyonereaches theirfull potential.
When you attempt to do great thingsyou also run the risk of making mistakes.
This is to be expected.
The problem comes when ego prevents youfrom recognizing no-win scenarios.
Ego can't let go.
So it turns bad to worse andmakes temporary setbacks
permanent failures.
You must submit to the first rule of holes:
When you find yourself in one, stop digging.
Wherever you go...
Whatever you'reworking towards...
Ego Is The EnemyAt Every Step Of The Way.
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