Ego is the enemy The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent

• Main Author: Holiday, Ryan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Profile Books Ltd 2017
• Subjects: Egoism; Ambition; Success; Conduct of life
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• Item Description: Cover subtitle: The fight to master our greatest opponent
• Physical Description: xxv, 226 pages 20 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 9781781257029; 1781257027

It's wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. It's evaporated great fortunes and run companies into the ground. It's made adversity unbearable and turned struggle into shame. Every great philosopher has warned against it, in our most lasting stories and countless works of art, in all culture and all ages. Its name? Ego, and it is the enemy - of ambition, of success and of resilience. 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. 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. 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