Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent by Ryan HolidayMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was SUCH a great read, and so easy to digest!
And then Boyd concluded with words that would guide that young man and many of his peers for the rest of their lives. "To be or to do? Which way will you go?"
There are so many brilliant words of wisdom backed by the lives lived by many famous people throughout history and through to today. All of these ideas are so relevant and adaptable to every story.
The notion is simple: The only thing holding you back from being great is your Ego.
I love the way this book talks about greatness and purpose - how you don't have to have great ideas, you don't have to be a genius, you don't have to be inspired to change the world. You just have to find what YOUR purpose is. If your purpose is being an accountant, go for it - but do it to the best of your ability, and embrace everything that comes with it. Do things for the right reasons. At the core of everything, be a good person.
It will be hard to swallow for some - particularly super successful people having trouble getting out of their own way. To be honest, this is another one of those books where the people who don't appreciate what its saying are the people who probably need it most.
This book just sums everything up so intelligently. I want to talk about what the ego is and why its our enemy to give you an idea, but this book does it so well that my paraphrasing would hardly do it justice.
I loved reading this. I loved challenging my own thoughts and actions. I loved thinking about the ways I could overpower my own ego and further grow myself. I loved sharing paragraphs on Instagram (lol).
This was a mind-expanding book. I loved every second of it.
It's relatively short, too, and the chapters are brief, to the point, and use brilliant, interesting anecdotes to highlight some very insightful points.
Highly recommend, and likely to be a 2021 fave.
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