Our Common Enemy

Our Common Enemy

Do you know that more than the global geo-political conflicts like U.S. versus China, Israel versus Hamas and so on, everyone of us share Our Common Enemy spelled E-G-O?  And surely, everyone of us were victims of our own EGO at some points in our past [if not at the present].  I also bear witness to people I know first hand who 'fell off the cliff' NOT because of anything else but due to their EGO💴💷💵

For alignment, let me quote this definition:  AN UNHEALTHY BELIEF IN OUR OWN IMPORTANCE.  ARROGANCE.  SELF-CENTERED AMBITION.  IT IS THAT PETULANT CHILD INSIDE EVERY PERSON, THE ONE THAT CHOOSES GETTING HIS OR HER WAY OVER ANYTHING OR ANYONE ELSE.  THE NEED TO BE BETTER THAN, MORE THAN, RECOGNIZED FOR, FAR PAST ANY REASONABLE UTILITY, THAT IS EGO, THAT SENSE OF SUPERIORITY THAT EXCEEDS THE BOUNDS OF CONFIDENCE AND TALENT'📌📌📌

Mother of ironies here, a three-letter word is defined in one long, circuitous paragraph.  So, why don't we hold the bull by its horns, what makes EGO our common enemy?

• It keeps us OUT OF TOUCH with reality
• It creates UNREALISTIC expectations
• It makes you DEPENDENT on external validation

Even the great Albert Einstein created this formula for our EGO.  Indeed, one of the biggest reasons why EGO is our own enemy is that it keeps you out of touch with reality.  Your EGO is WHAT prevents you from hearing critical BUT necessary feedback from others.  EGO makes you to over-estimate your own abilities and worth and correspondingly, under-estimate the effort and skill required to achieve your goals✅✅✅

All of this means that you lose touch with reality, and in the end, you will likely miss opportunities, whether it is to improve, to connect with others, and to achieve your goals.  Our takeaway?  Creating unrealistic expectations means that EGO makes you assume that you deserve some outcome, whether it's a job offer, a promotion, all because of your past efforts.  Let's RIGHT THE WRONGS this early, dude, because EGO IS OUR COMMON ENEMY❗❗❗