I want to continue with a few more quotes from Ego is the Enemy. This book has challenged me to look hard at my ego and to make adjustments to reduce my pride and increase my humility.
If success is ego intoxication, then failures can be a devastating ego blow - turning slips into falls and little troubles into great unravelings. If ego is often just a nasty side of great success, it can be fatal during failure. page 161
Bill Walsh says, “Almost always, your road to victory goes through a place called failure.” page 165
Vain men never hear anything but praise. page 197
Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves. page 197
When you take ego out of the equation, other people’s opinions and external markers won’t matter as much. page 198
As Harold Geneen put it, “People learn from their failures. Seldom do they learn anything from success.” It’s why the old Celtic saying tells us, “See much, study much, suffer much, that is the path to wisdom.” page 209
It is well worth your time to read this book if you are willing to let it do some serious surgery on your ego.
No comments:
Post a Comment