Ego Mastery, Part 1: Ego is NOT the enemy

Sports Motivation Podcast

Niyi Sobo

Soccer, Football, Basketball, Crossfit, Mindset, Sports, Psychology, Dominate, Business

4.8 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You've been lied to about the Ego.
"Ego is the enemy."
"His ego got in the way."
"Get rid of your ego."

Wrong.

Your ego isn't a villain — it's a survival system you created as a child. It's your internal brand, the identity you built to stay safe, get approval, avoid shame, and maintain control. The problem? The same strategies that protected you then are sabotaging you now.

In this episode, you'll learn:
• What the ego actually is
• How and when it was formed
• Why it protects you the way it does
• How ego strategies create anxiety, procrastination, pressure, and self-criticism
• And most importantly, how to retrain your ego so it works for you instead of against you

Ego mastery is the foundation of high performance, emotional strength, discipline, and dominance.
And if you want real change...deeper confidence, calmer pressure, stronger results...you need someone who can help you see the blind spots your ego hides from you.

If you're ready to dominate from the inside out, book a free consultation for 1-on-1 coaching: imnotyou.com/coaching

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the sports motivation podcast. It's your host, Nees Showbo.
0:08.0	The ego is one of those words that's used a lot, but it's often misunderstood. And it's my goal to make it clear for you so that you understand what this word means.
0:18.6	And you can do away with a lot of the lies and the misinformation
0:22.3	about this word because this word and understanding what this word means and what it actually
0:28.6	is is very important to you as an athlete. It's very important to you as a person, as a competitor,
0:34.3	however you consider yourself.
0:41.4	Because it is the mismanagement of the ego that leads to so many of our problems.
0:46.8	It's not the fault of the ego.
0:48.7	It's our mismanagement and lack of awareness of our ego
0:52.3	and not knowing how to utilize our own ego and galvanize
0:57.5	the troops, if you will. Because you are not your ego. You have an ego. We all do as humans.
1:07.4	We have egos. And there's a reason for that. I'm going to get to that in a second.
1:18.5	But you are not your ego. So imagine, you know, you're a coach and you're blaming what's happening with your team, the results that you are getting. You're blaming it on one player.
1:29.0	That's not leadership.
1:31.9	So what you have to do, as the coach, as the real, you is understand what your ego is,
1:38.9	learn and understand its motives, why it's there, learn and understand its purpose,
1:43.5	and utilize this part of your
1:47.0	psyche in the proper way so as to grow.
1:53.3	That's the goal, all right?
1:55.2	So when we hear things like, you know, his ego got in the way or ego is the enemy,
1:59.4	there's a book called ego is the enemy.
2:00.8	I read that several years ago by Ryan Holiday.
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