“When the ego is put aside, things often improve.” — Dan Ariely, “On Confident Crushes and Feedback Failures,” Ask Ariely (2022-04-23)
Tag: ego
Quote of the Day
“Our thought, incessantly deciding, among many things of a kind, which ones for it shall be realities, here chooses one of many possible selves or characters, and forthwith reckons it no shame to fail in any of those not adopted expressly as its own.” — William James, The Principles of Psychology
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“The person you are most afraid to contradict is yourself.” — Nassim Taleb, The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Ego?
I am!
This is not an earth-shaking revelation. In fact, it is not even a revelation.
So how afraid am I?
I avoid labels. A label is an identity and the minute identity enters the equation, so does Big Bad Ego.
The problem is that labels are seductive.
Cultured — It’s painful admitting that I don’t know a famous work.
Good at Mental Math — It’s embarrassing to stumble when doing a calculation.
Charming — Why did that person not like me?
It’s difficult countering the ego’s defense. My hiding the battles makes it more difficult.
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The more I think about it, the more I think the ego shows up with every label because labels are part of the ego’s defense. Seduction is rarely innocent.
Can I let go of all the labels? Will I show the real me?
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“An essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.” — Tom Stoppard, Travesties
“An essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.” — Tom Stoppard, Travesties
Quote of the Day
“Maturity is not a matter of age. You have matured when you are no longer concerned with showing how clever you are, and give your full attention to getting the job done right. Many never reach that stage, no matter how old they get.” — Thomas Sowell, Barbarians Inside the Gates
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“No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.” — Anthony Trollope, The Bertrams
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“It would be easy to forget a misplaced attachment, but that we do not like to acknowledge ourselves in the wrong.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner
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