Book Summary of Ego Is The Enemy by Ryan Holiday

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Jun 2016 · Flashbooks · Narrated by Dean Bokhari

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This is a summary of Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday.

Original book description:

"While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their images 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)

Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back.

Ego Is the Enemy draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. 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. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well.

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. 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."

Ratings and reviews

Too simplistic. Ego in this book has a single definition, it's self indulging vanity. Ego has many more forms such as self indulging low self esteem due to lack of confidence. i was hoping this book would have addressed Ego in its many forms all of which have in common, indulgence of self-thought whether it's thoughts of how great you are or how untalented you are due to lack of self confidence. I've come to think all these so called manage-the-ego books are written by men and only for men because they only talk of the vanity form of ego which i think a lot less women suffer from.

I need this book😢😢so nice

why make me pay $13 for a summary? I want my money back