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15 Minutes to Freedom

Ego | The What, The Why, And The How Of Managing It For Success.

15 Minutes to Freedom

Ryan Niddel

Personal Journals, Motivational, Entrepreneurship, Business, Body, Meditation, Society & Culture, Relationships, Journal

3.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

For a long time, the “ego” has received a bad rap. The words, “self centered,” “pompous,” and, “big-headed,” give the ego a negative connotation. But we often confused ego with narcissism, which is the excessive interest in one’s self and abilities and undervaluing the contributions of others. Having an ego, a healthy development of self-esteem is a vital quality to produce at the level you are capable of. The main difference being that you can be incredible, and know and be open about it, but the instant you put others down rather than lift them up you become narcissistic. On the other hand having a healthy ego will also allow you to see where you are lacking and where you need to grow. Listen and learn how to use your ego to propel yourself into new heights. Don't forget to head to http://www.optimizedlifeshow.com to download the PDF associated with this episode.

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0:00.0

Today we are diving into the ego, the what, the why, and the how of managing it for your ultimate success.

0:08.0

You want to stay tuned all the way through to truly maximize your opportunity to produce at a high level in your life.

0:18.4

You see, for a long time in my opinion, ego's gotten a very bad rap right you say gosh this guy is

0:25.3

egotistical this guy or gal has this hugely inflated ego and I believe from where I sit, occasionally that ego and narcissism get interchanged.

0:37.0

So I'd like to begin by just simply setting up the framework for one versus the other.

0:42.0

You see, narcissism is the excessive

0:46.2

interest in oneself, right? It's self-importance. It's a heightened view of my own abilities or your own own abilities.

0:58.0

This would then ultimately lead into undervaluing the thoughts and contributions of others.

1:07.0

That's being narcissistic.

1:09.4

You see to me having a healthy development of self-esteem is a vital quality that I will help you bring out.

1:19.0

It becomes imperative in order to produce at the level that you need to produce, that you seek to produce,

1:25.0

that you are actually able to consistently have a good view of self.

1:32.0

However, there's no part of this journey that we'll walk on hand

1:36.1

in hand side by side where I'm ever going to encourage you to put anyone else down,

1:42.1

where that would be the critical error. That's the tipping point

1:44.3

between having a healthy development of an ego and tipping into narcissism.

1:48.1

Right, you can be an incredible person, a great husband, wife, mother, father.

1:55.7

You can own a phenomenal business.

1:57.2

You can have a great body.

1:59.9

But then I believe it is our responsibility to extend our hand to help those on their own path of progress.

2:10.9

You see in my time here, my time on earth back as I jump into my custom clothing career,

2:17.0

I had an incredible opportunity to spend time with some really high level producers.

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