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48: The Ego is the Enemy

The Psychology Podcast

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The Ego Is a Wicked Sister of Success

Sok: My premise is that ego manifests itself differently depending on what you do. Success can breed egotism, or breed, it can compound those illusions that you already have about yourself. Sok: A person's job is to create work. And idea is not enough. The hard thing isn't dreaming big. Imagination is esse but if it stops with imagination, then wit, what good was itye? That's a extt our imagination in many senses and asset is dangerous when it runs wild. But also, if you're not picking the best of your imagination and then, you know, making it real, like putting work behind it, that's the other probem

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