Sinossi
L'ego, in termini di arroganza e senso di superiorità, è il peggior nemico dell'ambizione, del successo e della resilienza. Ha distrutto le carriere di giovani geni promettenti, dilapidato grandi fortune e fatto colare a picco imprese di notevole potenziale, reso insostenibili le avversità e convertito le sfide in vergogna. È un avversario in ognuno di noi segnalato da tutti i grandi filosofi, in innumerevoli opere d'arte, in ogni cultura ed età. A partire da questo presupposto, il volume offre una riflessione sulla natura e i pericoli dell'ego, utilizzando una serie di esempi stimolanti di fallimenti e successi dalla letteratura, la filosofia e la storia per mostrarci come essere umili nelle aspirazioni, cortesi nel successo e resilienti nel fallimento. In controtendenza rispetto al culto occidentale dell'autostima, «L'ego è il nemico» ci invita a controllare l'ego prima che questo ci distrugga e a fare affidamento sulla fiducia, perseguendo qualcosa di più grande del nostro successo.
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- Data di uscita: 13-12-2017
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As a millennial myself, I see too many people around me drift by life wondering if there's any purpose to life. We are all delusional in a sense that we literally think the world should revolve around us. There a voice in our minds that scream out loud; "you deserve better!". We expect our bosses to Leggi tutto
Everybody who knows me knows that I am a big fan of Ryan’s work. But when I read that his new book was about ego I got a bit fearful for him. I’ve read many, many books that approach this same theme and 90% of them fail miserably at addressing it. Not only this is one hell of a complex theme, this i Leggi tutto
I really liked Ryan's previous book, 'The Obstacle Is The Way". This book was so bad I couldn't even finish reading it. Instead of insightful, pragmatic advice it felt more like the petulant rant of a frustrated writer. The tight connections between the historical examples and each chapters point tha Leggi tutto
It was a struggle to make it through this book, which is a shame because this is a concept that I can really get behind. "Ego Is the Enemy" is a series of platitudes, sometimes actually useful, with varying relevance to the overall theme. Ryan Holiday uses "ego" as a substitute for human vice in gen Leggi tutto
Identifying an enemy is supposed to be the first step toward defeating it. But Ryan Holiday doesn't define his enemy in any fundamental way, nor do we learn the principle behind its alleged dangers. Instead, the author throws every mistaken, delusional, pathological, and immoral motivation into a gr Leggi tutto
"Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive." Ryan Holiday defines ego as an unhealthy belief in our own importance. Arrogance. Self-centred ambition. I was a person who used to think that I don't have any ego, why should I read this book? But I was completely wrong, there Leggi tutto
Listened to the book on Audible! This was a best-seller and loved by many but I just couldn’t get into it. Let’s start with what I did like: exposure to certain people throughout history who’s stories I didn’t know..that’s it 😅. I think if you’re very new to the concept of ego and want to learn how Leggi tutto
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