Ego is the Enemy

The best 10 points about the ego inspired in the book “Ego is the enemy” by Rayan Holiday

1. Only when free of ego, can one perform

• Ego prevents us from getting what we want.
• Self-absorption, blocking (Ego → It’s all about me → irrational).
• Ego tell us we’re special but we need to say objective grounded to unreality.

2. Stop creating stories

• Delusion (fantasizing/ creating stories).
• “Be willing to know that you don't know.”

3. End addiction to approval seeking

• “Accept not everyone will like you.”
• Don't try to be always the main point in the conversation.

4. Always be a student

• Humbles the ego (self-assessment).

5. Don’t be passionate

• If we don't know hot to handle it it can harm our straight, lose more than winning.
• You cant see the obvious (You get blind).

6. Let the trauma seep in

• Embrace critics, endure it, ignore the noise.

7. Play the long game and serve others

• Life lessons, help to build relations, keep us grounded to reality.

8. Get out of your own head

• Stop living in the fiction and start living the reality.

9. Stop the pride and work

• Having an idea is not enough to cultivated
• Don’t lose your head.
• Accept negative feedback.
• Work for ambition not ego.

10. Balance is humility

• Honestly analyze ourselves.