This is posted in the Mindset forum because your ego can be a deciding factor on the time that it will take to you enter the fastlane.
Everyone one of us an ego, and You alone are the one who decides whether it is big or non-existent.
I am not afraid to state it, but I had a huge ego 2 years ago, I was also extremely arrogant, so it made a perfect combination to keep me from moving forward and spotting opportunities.
When you have a big ego, people notice and will begin to limit their time with you.
People will not be as friendly to you because "You are always right, and everyone else is the idiot."
When you begin thinking that you are the best at everything, you are already closing doors that could of carried opportunities. The biggest door that you are closing is Networking.
You must build a team if you want to get onto the fastlane. If you think you can do it all yourself, go ahead, see how far you go without making the least amount of mistakes.
The combination of arrogancy and a big ego puts limits on your window to spot Opportunities.
Most of the time (with a big ego) you will be thinking about yourself and how to make yourself look the best. With all your efforts channeling toward yourself, you glance over daily problems thinking that you are too important to waste your time playing with programs or materials. This is what I call an Ego-Trap. Once you begin to think to highly of yourself, your cockiness and ego begins to overshadow your common thought process.
Egos are like a dark cloud on a sunny day. Once it goes in front of the sun, the land goes dark and you see less. When the sun is shining you see everything better and you can go back to enjoying the sun. This is how your ego works in your body. As your ego grows, your gut instinct, thinking and decision making begins to erode with thoughts on how you will look and be able to gloat after you accomplish something. This can lead to bad decision making and result in an outcome that you could of probably avoided if you were thinking clearly.
Now, here are the 2 toughest parts to overcome.
1. Admitting to yourself that you have become egocentric and arrogant.
and
2. Overcoming your ego and learning to control it.
1. Admitting to yourself is a very hard part to do. This can take days or weeks, but it is a mental game that your true inner self must win. Find something that makes you smile or laugh from deep inside. Do something that brings calmness to you. That is where you will find your true self.
2. Once you find your true self, begin to go out and see where you can help others. It can be helping someone with a task they are struggling with or paying for someone's meal. Do not do it for yourself, do it to see that there are people that are less fortunate than you are and be grateful for all that you have. After you begin doing this, you will begin to see the world around in a different perspective. Your habits and stress levels will change. You will begin to see things from an optimistic viewpoint. You will begin to see those opportunities!
I hope this helps anyone who is struggling. Remember there is always someone that has it worse than you and be grateful what you have. You are here on this earth to do something great. Follow your passions and inner-self.
Cheers-:cheers:
Everyone one of us an ego, and You alone are the one who decides whether it is big or non-existent.
I am not afraid to state it, but I had a huge ego 2 years ago, I was also extremely arrogant, so it made a perfect combination to keep me from moving forward and spotting opportunities.
When you have a big ego, people notice and will begin to limit their time with you.
People will not be as friendly to you because "You are always right, and everyone else is the idiot."
When you begin thinking that you are the best at everything, you are already closing doors that could of carried opportunities. The biggest door that you are closing is Networking.
You must build a team if you want to get onto the fastlane. If you think you can do it all yourself, go ahead, see how far you go without making the least amount of mistakes.
The combination of arrogancy and a big ego puts limits on your window to spot Opportunities.
Most of the time (with a big ego) you will be thinking about yourself and how to make yourself look the best. With all your efforts channeling toward yourself, you glance over daily problems thinking that you are too important to waste your time playing with programs or materials. This is what I call an Ego-Trap. Once you begin to think to highly of yourself, your cockiness and ego begins to overshadow your common thought process.
Egos are like a dark cloud on a sunny day. Once it goes in front of the sun, the land goes dark and you see less. When the sun is shining you see everything better and you can go back to enjoying the sun. This is how your ego works in your body. As your ego grows, your gut instinct, thinking and decision making begins to erode with thoughts on how you will look and be able to gloat after you accomplish something. This can lead to bad decision making and result in an outcome that you could of probably avoided if you were thinking clearly.
Now, here are the 2 toughest parts to overcome.
1. Admitting to yourself that you have become egocentric and arrogant.
and
2. Overcoming your ego and learning to control it.
1. Admitting to yourself is a very hard part to do. This can take days or weeks, but it is a mental game that your true inner self must win. Find something that makes you smile or laugh from deep inside. Do something that brings calmness to you. That is where you will find your true self.
2. Once you find your true self, begin to go out and see where you can help others. It can be helping someone with a task they are struggling with or paying for someone's meal. Do not do it for yourself, do it to see that there are people that are less fortunate than you are and be grateful for all that you have. After you begin doing this, you will begin to see the world around in a different perspective. Your habits and stress levels will change. You will begin to see things from an optimistic viewpoint. You will begin to see those opportunities!
I hope this helps anyone who is struggling. Remember there is always someone that has it worse than you and be grateful what you have. You are here on this earth to do something great. Follow your passions and inner-self.
Cheers-:cheers:
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