Befriend Your Ego
1. Accept that your ego is a part of you. Don't deny or see your ego as enemy. Everybody has an ego, it's natural.
2. Change your relationship with it. Ego is like having in-laws you dislike, they're constantly a part of your life, so instead of being in constant battle with them (or your ego), try to find the good in it.
3. Intentionally use your ego as a tool for good. Use your ego, not be used by it.
2
7 reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about motivationandinspiration with this collection
How to establish a positive team culture
How to collaborate effectively
How to build trust with a new team
Related collections
Similar ideas to Befriend Your Ego
A big ego needs constant confirmation & maintenance
Everybody feels good when their ego receives a confidence boost.
The real problem appears when you stop feeling good about yourself if the confidence boost is not received.
Another issue is that, in order to receive the boost, your ego needs an enemy - a situation or a problem to f...
Understanding Ego (Part 2)
Every person has ego inside of them, some people perceive this as a bad characteristics because on how society tells them. But in reality, they are forcedly for your own good and described as an ability of your self-awareness.
You are not just your ego
You are far greater than your ego, but your ego does get in the way. Not that your ego is the enemy. The ego helps you to realise your greatness and break the illusion of separation.
Becoming aware that "something is missing" is a developmental stage (self-actualisation) that comes when th...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates