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Let me take an armchair psychology crack at explaining the sort of egotistical behavior described in this podcast.įirst of all, this was touched on, but a high estimation of one’s abilities seems to be a somewhat separate issue. It would be hard to recognize and differentiate these people from their public personas. – In other cases, again with respect to our current culture, others feign a bombastic ego in order to establish and extend their personal brand, then go home to lay on the couch with the kids and watch “Sesame Street”.
Like NBA dreams, this only works for a tiny minority, but affects the perceptions and actions of millions who try and emulate them.
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– I don’t see how his message is going to get out in the current Kardashian driven celebrity culture we live in now, with accomplishment free millions available if you can blow your horn loudly enough. There were many competing philosophies in ancient Rome, and Stoics never made their case to become a dominant philosophy, and still haven’t in the 2,000 years since. – Stoicism might best be exemplified by Marcus Aurelius, but there were many failed Stoics as well. Of course, there are many, many examples of excess, but trying to stereotype is extremely difficult. I have know great people who others might mistake as overly egotistical, but in truth were merely being themselves and were very nice people. Also, armchair psychoanalyzing LBJ as an example of all egotists was too simplistic. But I feel that some personality types express themselves best with an aura of excessive ego while others work and fit in best as the quiet professional. – Long time comment readers will note that I constantly criticize public and government figures for excessive hubris. He may want to refer to today’s Cafe Hayek ( here) on the question of the ego required to endlessly pursue political power like, oh I don’t know, the Clintons? Falling for the narrative that only Trump had an ego and grouping him with dictators and delusional celebrities was wrong.
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The result is an inspiring and timely reminder that humility and confidence are our greatest friends when confronting the challenges of a culture that tends to fan the flames of ego, a book full of themes and life lessons that will resonate, uplift and inspire.– Right off of the bat “The sort of grouping of traits that we might associate with, say, a Donald Trump, or a dictator, or a delusional celebrity, right?” was unfortunate. Drawing on an array of inspiring characters and narratives from literature, philosophy and history, the book explores the nature and dangers of ego to illustrate how you can be humble in your aspirations, gracious in your success and resilient in your failures. In Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday shows us how and why ego is such a powerful internal opponent to be guarded against at all stages of our careers and lives, and that we can only create our best work when we identify, acknowledge and disarm its dangers. Its name? Ego, and it is the enemy - of ambition, of success and of resilience. Every great philosopher has warned against it, in our most lasting stories and countless works of art, in all culture and all ages. It's made adversity unbearable and turned struggle into shame. It's evaporated great fortunes and run companies into the ground. It's that important' Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want'Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers' Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art'This is a book I want every athlete, aspiring leader, entrepreneur, thinker and doer to read' George Raveling, Nike's Director of International Basketball 'Inspiring yet practical' Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power It's wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. A powerful meditation on the nature and dangers of ego, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness is the Key, and Obstacle is the Way - over 1 million copies sold'Re-read it each year.