You must be wondering why I have taken "Ego" and trying to explain it.
Let's understand the basic definition of Ego -
- The “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Self-esteem or self-image;
This post is about my learning from the book - "Ego Is The Enemy" by Ryan Holiday.
I am also sharing the discussion we had in Awakening Mind Groups on Ego Is The Enemy
and bonus lesson you will learn from the book 'Who will cry When you Die'
Ego is something that is with everyone and remains with you as long as you are alive. To lead a better life or to become better a person in private and public we should control it.
Not going to cover the whole book, trying to through a bit of light on 'Failure'. How a human behave when they fail at any point in life.
At the time of failure, it is very easy to hate. Hate allows us to look for a blame solution i.e. it makes someone else responsible. It's a distraction too; we don't do much else when we are busy getting revenge/investigating the wrongs that have supposedly been done to us.
Does it get closer or helps us to be what we want to become - The answer is 'NO'....
It just keeps us away/worse/block/arrest our development activity and our Goal looks like a daunting task. Instead of feeling low or getting into depression, just take this as an opportunity for improvement. Behave like a child and learn like them - fall, fall, fall, and suddenly start walking without any help.
Final Thoughts on the Ego -
- For everything that comes next, Ego is the enemy…
- Not to aspire or seek out of Ego.
- To have success without Ego.
- To push through failure with strength, not Ego.
Keeping your Ego at bay is like keeping your house clean:
- Every day you must sweep the floor or else the dust settles and accumulates.
- Sweep the floor every minute of every day without any miss.
- And then again and you never stop.
I hope once you go through the takeaways, you will know how to take care of your Ego.
Feel free to share your views.
