Understand that, even if you do everything right and perfect, you still will experience failure.Make use of your environment and transform your failures into something positive.Don’t depend on recognition and reward.Don’t abandon your principles and maintain your character.Your ego will make it hard for you to handle rock bottom. Failure is not fair and happens to good people too.īut with a big ego, you tend to get caught by surprise. Moreover, everybody goes through setbacks in life. It is better to go at it slow and steady.Įgo, power and success can make you delusional. You have to constantly self-monitor and stay attentive for your own downfalls. Don’t try to be the center of attention, hug the spotlight and take credit for something you didn’t do or deserve.Understand that selflessness and humility are strengths and not weaknesses.Learn to organize your thoughts, manage yourself and others.Don’t be paranoid, entitled or controlling.Always remember your purpose and what is important to you before saying yes to opportunities.Don’t compare yourself to others or try to keep up with the Joneses because you will end up doing things you don’t want to do.Instead, keep learning, stay focused on facts and do your best. Don’t pretend that you know what you are doing.However, when you start succeeding, you will start facing new ego problems that can quickly erode your success. To maintain long-term success: You have aspirations and you have worked so hard to climb the ladder of success. It impedes your ability “to learn, to adapt, to be flexible, to build relationships”. Just think of it as you paying your dues. Ignore when people slight you and brush off the pain.When you are a student, you absorb what is going on around you, you are focused on gaining knowledge and improving yourself. Silence can be strategic and is sustainable.
Instead, participate in what is going on around you.
#EGO IS THE ENEMY, BY RYAN HOLIDAY HOW TO#
How to achieve your aspirations?Įgo is your worst enemy and can easily sink your ship.Įgo blocks your progress in life and sometimes fast tracks your downfall. In Ego Is The Enemy, Ryan Holiday teaches you to stay humble in your aspirations, gracious in your success and resilient in your failures.