Ego is the enemy /
Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it mag...
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New York, New York :
Portfolio, Penguin,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Aspire
- Talk, talk, talk
- To be or to do?
- Become a student
- Don't be passionate
- Follow the canvas strategy
- Restrain yourself
- Get out of your own head
- The danger of early pride
- Work, work, work
- For everything that comes next, ego is the enemy...
- Part II. Success
- Always stay a student
- Don't tell yourself a story
- What's important to you?
- Entitlement, control, and paranoia
- Managing yourself
- Beware the disease of me
- Meditate on the immensity
- Maintain your sobriety
- For what often comes next, ego is the enemy...
- Part III. Failure
- Alive time or dead time?
- The effort is enough
- Fight club moments
- Draw the line
- Maintain your own scorecard
- Always love
- For everything that comes next, ego is the enemy...