I got a kick in the face recently from a book I read called Ego Is The Enemy
Most of my life since the beginning of highschool I've been extremely egotistical. I'm not afraid to admit it because It's true.
A lot of people have told me it's a bad thing, and some tell me it's a good thing to be optimally delusional.
I feel like ego is one of the things that has put me on a desperate path for entrepreneurship before I knew what fastlane was. Before finding MJ's books, my goal was all about proving myself and being better than other people.. probably because as a kid in middle school I was super belittled.
Being belittled in middle school and some of highschool, along with a few other things, gave me "purpose" for crazy goals in entrepreneurship..
Ego has driven me into tons of good habits, and new hobbies, such as martial arts, reading, yoga, bodybuilding, meditation, deep work, entrepreneurship, ego was the thing that drove me to invest in crypto and basketball cards before they exploded.
But at the same time, ego forced me to make a lot of horrible decisions. ego was the thing that got me to move out of my parents house a week after high school without any plans or any idea how to start a business because I made some money with investing and thought I was invincible, ego made me act like I was better than people and then feel super guilty about the way I acted, ego put me through periods of time where I talked a lot but took no action.
But I'm not sure how to feel about ego. If I look back at my life, ego has been the thing that is constantly progressing me mentally and making me smarter and more skilled, and it's also been the reason for some really stupid decisions along the way.
I wanted to ask you guys on here.. Where do you draw the line with ego? Should I continue embracing egotism? Or should I take the necessary steps to destroy my ego? Or half and half?
This may be my ego speaking right now.. But do you guys think that ridding myself of ego could destroy insane ambitions and mess up future goals?
I don't know how to feel about it. But the number one thing I took away from the book Ego Is The Enemy is that talk is cheap and results are all that matter.
Anyways, what's your thoughts on this? Is Ego a driver for success? Or a path to nothingness?
Most of my life since the beginning of highschool I've been extremely egotistical. I'm not afraid to admit it because It's true.
A lot of people have told me it's a bad thing, and some tell me it's a good thing to be optimally delusional.
I feel like ego is one of the things that has put me on a desperate path for entrepreneurship before I knew what fastlane was. Before finding MJ's books, my goal was all about proving myself and being better than other people.. probably because as a kid in middle school I was super belittled.
Being belittled in middle school and some of highschool, along with a few other things, gave me "purpose" for crazy goals in entrepreneurship..
Ego has driven me into tons of good habits, and new hobbies, such as martial arts, reading, yoga, bodybuilding, meditation, deep work, entrepreneurship, ego was the thing that drove me to invest in crypto and basketball cards before they exploded.
But at the same time, ego forced me to make a lot of horrible decisions. ego was the thing that got me to move out of my parents house a week after high school without any plans or any idea how to start a business because I made some money with investing and thought I was invincible, ego made me act like I was better than people and then feel super guilty about the way I acted, ego put me through periods of time where I talked a lot but took no action.
But I'm not sure how to feel about ego. If I look back at my life, ego has been the thing that is constantly progressing me mentally and making me smarter and more skilled, and it's also been the reason for some really stupid decisions along the way.
I wanted to ask you guys on here.. Where do you draw the line with ego? Should I continue embracing egotism? Or should I take the necessary steps to destroy my ego? Or half and half?
This may be my ego speaking right now.. But do you guys think that ridding myself of ego could destroy insane ambitions and mess up future goals?
I don't know how to feel about it. But the number one thing I took away from the book Ego Is The Enemy is that talk is cheap and results are all that matter.
Anyways, what's your thoughts on this? Is Ego a driver for success? Or a path to nothingness?
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