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Book Review - by Sneha Khepar - Ego Is The Enemy

 Book: Ego Is the Enemy 

Author: Ryan Holiday 


“Greatness comes from humble beginnings; it comes from grunt work. It means you're the least important person in the room- until you change that with results."  

A nonfiction book that I feel portrays a lot about human behavior itself. 

Ego is the enemy written by Ryan Holiday, one of his generation’s finest thinkers, puts forth the stories of people who choose to live their life on an egoistic basis, demolishing their goals through the slow poison as well as those who live with humility and sobriety, pursuing success in their life’s endeavors. The book celebrates high skills that are quite easily accomplished hath the individual dive in with practice. These skills are also mumly ignored in today's generation, starting from why and how to be a student to doing more while less talking. 

A self-help book though sounds extremely boring is a must add to your to-read list. Truth be told, our egos hold us back from doing a lot of things, in our careers, our social relationships, our families, and even for our own wellbeing. They make us think we are better than others and that we don’t deserve to go through some things in life which hinder us from being the best versions of ourselves. This book will not only help you to scrutinize yourself and your behaviors but also help you question the motives for your actions and the reasons why you long for success so much. 

Long story short, Ryan Holiday preaches the biggest and the most ignored obstacle in our way to success- the insatiable ego, in a very inspiring yet practical way. He guides us in managing and taming the beast within us to produce the colossal outcome possible. 

This book, bought in curiosity, turned out to be the reflector and teacher of my life's choices, a self-introspective approach rather than pushing out a narcissist manner. It mirrored my life’s decisions as I venture through a load of its teachings; “a proud man’s always looking down on things and people; as long as you’re looking down, you cannot see something that’s above you.” If I were a broke shepherd who recognized the potential of the book as I do now, I would give the buyer 10 sheep and 20 hours of labor to obtain it. 

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