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Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent by Ryan Holiday

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lurker_stalker's review against another edition

3.0

I stumbled upon Ryan Holiday on YouTube and come back to watch his videos regularly. Stoicism has already been a big help to me. My brain thrives on being anxious about things I can't control. I also caught myself dealing with some ego issues this morning. Seemed like a great opportunity to give a listen to Ego is the Enemy.

After getting to know how Holiday puts his books together through his Daily Stoic videos, it's pretty much exactly what I expected. Lots of lessons from and quotes by famous folks. Nothing wrong with that and I did get some good info out of the book.

I think others can get a lot out of Holiday's knowledge and experience. This is mostly filled with stories of historically significant events and biographies that give the reader some great examples of how ego can seriously get in the way. There's other good stuff in there, too.

If that's what you're looking for, give it a listen or read it with your eyeballs. I'm used to the author's voice and mannerisms from all of the videos so I went with the audio and am happy with that choice.

junyan's review against another edition

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3.0

Focus on yourself doesn’t mean that you should put yourself under a scanner. As a human being, we don’t have to decorate ourselves like a Christmas tree that every detail should be perfect(you can, but it’s not necessary) imo. I don’t need to excessively gain value, me being existing already is meaningful, just like every other person.

geka's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Interessant boek vol nuttige voorbeelden, die je een spiegel voorhouden zodat je gaat nadenken over hoe jij in het leven staat en hoe jouw ego je weerhoud om dromen achterna te gaan of hoe het andere zaken dwarsboomt in je leven.