
Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent

Wealth means beating the market and the odds.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
Instead, you must do nothing. Take it. Eat it until you’re sick. Endure it. Quietly brush it off and work harder. Play the game. Ignore the noise; for the love of God, do not let it distract you.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
plus, minus, and equal.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
Why don’t you come up with a good excuse and wash your hands of this?
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
In 1963, at forty-six years old, Katharine Graham, a mother of three with no work experience, found herself in charge of the Washington Post
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
For years, Scott Pioli, director of personnel for the Patriots, kept a photo on his desk of Dave Stachelski, a player the team had drafted in the 5th round, but who never made it through training camp.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
their job title, the business school they went to, the number of assistants they have, the location of their parking space, the grants they earn, their access to the CEO, the size of their paycheck, or the number of fans they have.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool. —
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts, so he loses touch with reality and lives in a world of illusions.