Part 2 of "Ego is The Enemy"

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This time, I will tell you about a book which I already review before. It is about part of “Ego is The Enemy”.  After I review part 1, now I will review about Part 2 : Success. Check it out !

PART 2 SUCCESS

 In the intro, this part said that become victims of ourselves and the competition. Open mindedness, organization, and purpose, these are the great stabilizers. They balance out the ego and pride that comes with achievement and recognition.

 In this part also have many good stuff which motivating you. There is aristotle opinion, without virtue and training, Aristotle observed, “it’s hard to bear the results of good fortune suitably”. Sometimes ego is suppressed on the ascent. Sometimes an idea is so powerful or timing is so perfect that it can temporarily support or even compensate for a massive ego. 

 As success arrives, like it does for a team that has just won a championship, ego begins to toy you with our minds and weaken the will that made us win in the first place. We knoe that empires always fall, so we must think about why and why they seem to always collapse from within.

Ego want us to think, I’am special, I’am better, the rules don’t apply to me.

 Ryan said in this part that without the right values, success is brief. If we wish to do more than flash, if we wish to last, then it’s time to understand how to battle this new form of ego and what values and principles are required in order to beat it. Success is intoxicating, yet to sustain it requires sobriety.

We can’t keep learning if we think we already know everything

Nahhh, in part success, there are some topic or point which explain about a succes, including :

    §  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…

As a whole and simple, that points are :

 Ego has the same roots as alcoholism–insecurity, fear, dislike for objectivity. Genghis Khan was the greatest conqueror ever because he was more open to learning than any other conqueror. It takes humility to grasp that you know less as you know more and more.

 No matter what you’ve done, always stay a student. The professional finds learning enjoyable. they like being challenged and humbled, and engage in education as an ongoing and endless process.”

 Ryan emphasises the risk of telling stories, writing your own narrative. The danger is that your life becomes fiction, you fall into the trap of pretending that you live this great life. Instead, you must remember the reality, focus on the real world and work hard.

”Instead of pretending that we are living some great story, we must remain focused on the execution—and on executing with excellence. We must shun the false crown and continue working on what got us here.”

 When you succeed, don’t pretend that everything unfolded as we planned. Remain focused on executing with excellence. All of us waste precious life doing things we don’t like because of ego. The more you accomplish the more you meet other more successful people. Each one of us has unique potential and purpose. Ask yourself why you do what you do. 

 That, Ryan says, is the most important question you need to ask yourself. Ryan recommends that you keep yourself in check regarding your limitations, it’s important to regularly assess and acknowledge these. Ambition left unchecked can become hubris. Regularly remind yourself of the limits of your power and reach. Control can become paralyzing perfectionism or millions of micromanagment points. Paranoia thinks, I can’t trust anyone.

“He who indulges empty fears earns himself real fears”

– Seneca –

“Who am I? What am I doing? What is my role in this world?”

 Nothing draws us away from those questions like material success. Creativity is a matter of receptiveness and recognition. This cannot happen if you’re convinced the world revolves around you. Remind yourself how pointless it is to rage and fight and try to one-up those around you. Fear is a bad advisor. Be willing to compromise on everything except the principle at stake. Instead of letting power make us delusional, prepare for inevitable shifts of life.

 Ryan points out that anyone who cannot manage other people, those micromanagers we are all familiar with, are egotistical and almost always end up overwhelmed with too much to do.

”Worse yet are those who surround themselves with yes-men or sycophants who clean up their messes and create a bubble in which they can’t even see how disconnected from reality they are.”

 Ryan explains that if you want to progress and achieve results, you must understand the goals and priorities of the organisation, the why. Then follow through with these, and then, only then, will you reap the benefits.

 Ryan encourages you to check in with reality regularly. Remind yourself about the harsh realities of life, the hardships people face. Acknowledge that there are forces beyond your control, that in this world, you are pretty insignificant. Doing so will allow you stay humble, stay accountable and stay realistic.

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Yeahhh, that part 2 of “Ego is The Enemy”, how is that? Do you want to read the last part?

So, wait the last part of this book (Ego is The Enemy). Enjoy yourself ~~ 😊