How to defeat Your Ego
- Oliver
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min read
Your Ego will challenge you when you think about making changes in your life, especially if those changes are coming from someone whom you do not respect.
Ego can conflate your current state and convince you that you are fine where you are in this present moment, Ego can also negatively affect the relationships you hold. Imagine that you just argued with your siblings, a secure way to peace is to swallow your pride and apologize. The Ego will prevent this.
It becomes essential to those wanting to make changes in their life to recognize the hold of their Ego.
Developing your recognition will allow you to notice when Ego is speaking to your conscious and unconscious mind.
A typical conversation between Ego and you would be the following:
You: Man, I wish I could wake up earlier.
Ego: What for?
Y: I want to utilize my time more effectively.
E: Ye, I understand, but what for? Why bother? You are fine doing what you are doing, what is the point in changing?
Y: You are right; there is nothing wrong with me. I am fine the way I am.
Ego makes you believe that you are perfect the way you are and do not misconstrue my words because you are fine the way you are and there is nothing wrong with you; however, you can always be better.
What is wrong with the pursuit of improvement?
Nothing.
You have nothing to lose and the world to gain.
You can argue that you are losing the world by remaining stagnant and complacent.
Challenging your Ego is initially tricky because you will not always pinpoint when that side of you is speaking, but when you think of yourself as a humble beginner with all you do, it becomes easier.
You still have something new to learn and experience every single day, you are the hero of your own story, but so is your friend, and your neighbour, reign your Ego in, it will only poison your outlook and hold you back.
Spend time having conversations with yourself much more often, and you will recognize the hold your Ego has over you.
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