AuthorShip: Ryan Holiday
The instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller
“While the history books are packed with memories of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the sector of their picture with sheer, nearly irrational force, I’ve discovered that records is likewise made through folks that fought their egos at each turn, who eschewed the highlight, and who placed their higher goals above their choice for recognition.” —from the prologue
Many folks insist the principle impediment to a full, a success existence is the outdoor world. In reality, the maximum not unusual enemy lies inside: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes studying and the cultivation of talent. With achievement, it can blind us to our faults and sow future troubles. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes healing greater difficult. At each stage, ego holds us again.
Ego Is the Enemy draws on a large array of tales and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. We meet fascinating figures which include George Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Katharine Graham, Bill Belichick, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who all reached the highest stages of energy and fulfillment by means of conquering their personal egos. Their techniques and tactics may be ours as properly.
In an generation that glorifies social media, truth TV, and different types of shameless self-promotion, the war towards ego need to be fought on many fronts. Armed with the training in this book, as Holiday writes, “you'll be less invested in the story you inform approximately your personal specialness, and as a result, you may be liberated to accomplish the arena-changing work you’ve set out to gain.”
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