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Posted On: May 25th 2021, 03:11 pm
B O O K 23
Title- Ego is the Enemy
By - Ryan Holiday
Pages - 226
Comment- 5🌟! I really really liked it! Just read the underlined parts of slide 2. Only your ego or maybe laziness borne of ego, lol! will not make you read this one.
REVIEW
As a start I’d read one book by the author - Stillness is key and I had a different perception of his personality until I read this. Lol. It was as if I read an entirely different author. In this book. He was flat out blunt (please read slide 2😄).
In this book the author basically explains as the title suggests that most people believe that the greatest impediment to our success are external factors from the outside world. The fact however is that even with Children, ego remains a big impediment to learning more and developing our talents. We think we are already good enough and a taste of early success can blind us to our faults and even bring about future problems. When we experience failure, our ego magnifies every situation and makes bouncing back much harder.
The book draws on real life stories of fascinating people who attained great levels of power by conquering their egos. As well as as examples of person who ruined theirs because they couldn’t.
One description of the book I read said that “in this era of social media, reality tv snd other forms of shameless self promotion, the battle against ego must be fought on many fronts.”
This was/is a life changing book for me because it has helped me check myself, my motives and my responses. All my life, I’ve always been told I’m special and so I basked in success, almost to a point of complacency and I took failure really bad. If you’re like me, this is a must read for you!
Purchased- @rovingheights
#books #booksbooksbooks #egoistheenemy #ryanholiday #toyosionikosi #bookreview #bookrecommendations
Title- Ego is the Enemy
By - Ryan Holiday
Pages - 226
Comment- 5🌟! I really really liked it! Just read the underlined parts of slide 2. Only your ego or maybe laziness borne of ego, lol! will not make you read this one.
REVIEW
As a start I’d read one book by the author - Stillness is key and I had a different perception of his personality until I read this. Lol. It was as if I read an entirely different author. In this book. He was flat out blunt (please read slide 2😄).
In this book the author basically explains as the title suggests that most people believe that the greatest impediment to our success are external factors from the outside world. The fact however is that even with Children, ego remains a big impediment to learning more and developing our talents. We think we are already good enough and a taste of early success can blind us to our faults and even bring about future problems. When we experience failure, our ego magnifies every situation and makes bouncing back much harder.
The book draws on real life stories of fascinating people who attained great levels of power by conquering their egos. As well as as examples of person who ruined theirs because they couldn’t.
One description of the book I read said that “in this era of social media, reality tv snd other forms of shameless self promotion, the battle against ego must be fought on many fronts.”
This was/is a life changing book for me because it has helped me check myself, my motives and my responses. All my life, I’ve always been told I’m special and so I basked in success, almost to a point of complacency and I took failure really bad. If you’re like me, this is a must read for you!
Purchased- @rovingheights
#books #booksbooksbooks #egoistheenemy #ryanholiday #toyosionikosi #bookreview #bookrecommendations
Comments (1)
5 years agoifelashey
Read it too in April. A really nice book on understanding ego and it’s effects on your success
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