Its name? Ego, and it is the enemy - of ambition, of success and of resilience. Every great philosopher has warned against it, in our most lasting stories and countless works of art. As an author, Ryan Holiday has published several best-selling books like The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, Conspiracy and Stillness is the Key which has sold a combined amount of over 2 million copies worldwide. Every great philosopher has warned against it, in our most lasting stories and countless works of art, in all culture and all ages. Its wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. It's made adversity unbearable and turned struggle into shame. It's evaporated great fortunes and run companies into the ground.

Ego is the Enemy It's wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. Ryan Holiday, who dropped out of college at nineteen to serve as an apprentice to bestselling 'modern Machiavelli' Robert Greene and is now a media consultant for billion-dollar brands, draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities.

The Obstacle is the Way We give up too easily. Armed with the lessons in this book, as Holiday writes, “you will be less invested in the story you tell about your own specialness, and as a result, you will be liberated to accomplish the world-changing work you’ve set out to achieve.” In an era that glorifies social media, reality TV, and other forms of shameless self-promotion, the battle against ego must be fought on many fronts. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well. We meet fascinating figures such as George Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Katharine Graham, Bill Belichick, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who all reached the highest levels of power and success by conquering their own egos. At every stage, ego holds us back.Įgo Is the Enemy draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. He draws on a fascinating array of stories and examples from literature to philosophy to history and shows how uncontrolled egos have been the. Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In Ego Is The Enemy, which is the sequel to The Obstacle is the Way, Holiday turns his attention inwards, to the greatest impediment any of us faces in our pursuit of successourselves. “While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I’ve found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition.” -from the prologue The instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller

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