Summary of Ego is the Enemy: by Ryan Holiday - A Comprehensive Summary
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9791220880893
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 56
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-11-21
- Publisher
- BookSummaryGr
- Author
- Alexander Cooper
Description
Summary of Ego is the Enemy - A Comprehensive Summary PART 1: INTO THE MATTER The first part of the book serves as an introductory part. Here the author slowly starts introducing us into his book. The author starts with one simple, yet very logical sentence. Every person who has an ambition, talent or a drive and everyone who strives to reach the top needs to face one enemy. This enemy is different and more deadly than other enemies are. The reason for this is that this enemy works from within us. This enemy is called ego. What is ego? The author tries to define ego by saying that ego is an unhealthy belief in one’s importance. Ego is very often epitomized by arrogance and self-centered ambition. Thus, ego can also be defined as a “burning ambition and need to be recognized and to be superior to everyone else.” Ego is placing oneself above others. When a person arrogantly shows their self-importance, their self-confidence transforms into arrogance. This will in turn transform their self-assurance into reckless abandon. Therefore, ego will always get in the way of what one truly wants to achieve. Even though most people are not ego-obsessed (or egomaniacs), a thorough analysis shows that ego is often cause of numerous problems. The thing with ego is that it... To be continued... Here is a Preview of What You Will Get: ⁃ A Full Book Summary ⁃ An Analysis ⁃ Fun quizzes ⁃ Quiz Answers ⁃ Etc. Get a copy of this summary and learn about the book.
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- 2017-04-05
- 36 pages
- Paperback
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