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The Art of Charm

519: Ryan Holiday | Ego Is the Enemy

The Art of Charm

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Education, Health & Fitness, Business

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Holiday (@ryanholiday), author of Ego Is the Enemy, talks about how learning to put our higher goals above a desire for recognition leads us to true accomplishment. The Cheat Sheet: What is the ego? When does the ego go from being a fundamental part of our existence to an all-destroying enemy? What are the downfalls of ego (and how can we avoid them)? Learn how aspiration, success, and failure are influenced by ego. Understand the delicate relationship between ego and envy. And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/ryan-holiday-ego-is-the-enemy-episode-519/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

By the way people who don't know you are the director of marketing for American apparel correct

0:04.7

Yeah, it's a somewhat ntraditional company

0:06.9

So it wasn't like a day where I magically got the title, but I was

0:10.9

21 22 years old right before I graduated from undergrad in college where I've literally accomplished nothing other than getting into college and not feeling out

0:19.5

Right you would already had a position where most people probably wouldn't have gotten until maybe their late 30s or early 40s

0:27.8

Generally for something like that is that right? Yeah, that's right and look you can tell yourself that story and that leads to you thinking

0:35.3

You're a lot better than you are or you can tell yourself I had to remind myself at the time like obviously

0:40.7

It's great for my career to have this title and I'm an leverage everything I can out of it

0:44.8

But I also have to remember like this is not necessarily the equivalent position of being the director of marketing at

0:51.6

Avacromy and Fitch like there are different companies on different levels different circumstances that being said the

0:56.7

stresses and the responsibilities and the

1:00.8

Temptations were all there and the education was certainly there as well, but it was a whirlwind for Sherman

1:07.2

You mentioned earlier the idea that guys like Stephen Pressfield who've sold a ton of books might turn around and say well

1:14.2

You know, I'm no jet can field or whoever's name pops up

1:17.7

What if you have that and you're not just keeping your ego and check but for me for example

1:22.8

I actually kind of have the opposite problem not that I will make you go so and check it's a problem it

1:27.4

That's not what I'm saying self-conscious is actually more like it literally. I'll spend the entire Friday

1:32.9

Going through hundreds of emails 90% of which are like this show changed my life. I love this

1:38.0

I can't believe it's free. I want to meet you sometime and I'm thinking this is really cool

1:42.3

But I'm not floating on top of the world like Jenny will say crime me a river you have 300 pieces of fan mail in your inbox

1:48.5

You should be on top of the world. I'll find myself saying either out loud or to myself. Yeah, but look at like Joe Rogan

1:54.6

I show is so huge is so impressive

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