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Ego is the Enemy

- The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent

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A powerful meditation on the nature and dangers of ego, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness is the Key, and Obstacle is the Way - over 1 million copies sold'Re-read it each year. It's that important' Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want'Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers' Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art'This is a book I want every athlete, aspiring leader, entrepreneur, thinker and doer to read' George Raveling, Nike's Director of International Basketball 'Inspiring yet practical' Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power 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.

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal256
  • Udgivelsesdato03-08-2017
  • ISBN139781781257029
  • Forlag Profile Books Ltd
  • FormatPaperback
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  • Vægt213 g
  • Dybde2,2 cm
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    12,8 cm
    19,6 cm

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    Denis A 26/12/2024

    It was a good read. He presents each chapter with a story/case about the point he's trying to make, which helps put things into perspective. The chapters are easy to read and are full of golden nuggets of wisdom. However some chapters are... Well.. . let's just say "less useful" than the others. One example is the chapter "Meditate on the Immensity", which lacks any strong points. Its only real point is "we are small, nature good, daily life bad, go out to nature to tune out daily life". You might think this is a bit reductionist, but compared to previous chapters this one felt like a terrible online article. Another issue I have with this book is the fact that quotes, which are presented in the beginning of each chapter, are sometimes cut off in such a way that it completely changed the meaning. An example of this is the chapter "Entitlement, Control, and Paranoia" where the quote starts off with "One of the symptoms of approaching a nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important". This heavily implies that if you are proud of your job and believe it is an important job then you are (apparently) on the verge of a nervous breakdown. It's very insulting to people who like their jobs. It makes absolutely no sense until you look up the actual quote, which in addition to the previous segment, states: "and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster". NOW it makes sense. This is literally the part that has the most to do with ego yet he decided to exclude this from the quote? In his book about ego? I have found other examples of this. At best they are confusing, but at worst they give the reader a completely wrong impression that might make them feel bad about themselves and miss the entire point of the quote. Still, I would consider this a minor annoyance and strongly encourage everyone to double-check if something doesn't make sense to you. Despite the minor issues, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and think many could learn a lot from it - just like I did. Solid 8/10.

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