Ego Is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday
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Holiday argues that ego, the need to be recognised, to be right, to be important, is the invisible enemy that undermines learning, collaboration, and lasting success.
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In this collection, Ego Is the Enemy references 2 other books and is cited by 3 other books.
It draws on Good to Great and The War of Art.
It’s picked up by Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control, Tools of Titans and Wisdom Takes Work.
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What Ego Is the Enemy Draws On
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Holiday quotes Collins directly to warn against ego-driven expansion after success. "We must avoid what Jim Collins terms the undisciplined pursuit of more" appears as a cautionary principle.
“We must avoid what the business strategist Jim Collins terms the undisciplined pursuit of more.”
p. 151
Holiday references Pressfield's Resistance concept from The War of Art.
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Builds on Ego Is the Enemy's treatment of self-mastery, now framed explicitly as the cardinal virtue of temperance
Holiday's Ego Is the Enemy is discussed by Holiday in his Tools of Titans chapter
Holiday references his own Ego Is the Enemy when discussing the painful apprenticeship years at American Apparel that nearly wrecked him, framing those experiences as material for wisdom.
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