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Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
is a bestselling guide to overcoming the internal opponent that quietly undermines ambition, success, and resilience. Ryan Holiday argues that ego impedes learning early in a career, blinds people to their faults once they achieve success, and deepens the pain of failure when things go wrong. Drawing on stories from literature, philosophy, and history, including George Marshall, Jackie Robinson, and Eleanor Roosevelt, the book shows how the most accomplished people succeeded by mastering their egos rather than feeding them. As a follow up to The Obstacle Is the Way, this book has become a staple of modern self help and business reading, popular with entrepreneurs, athletes, and anyone pursuing long term achievement over short term validation.
Key Topics Included:
● Aspiration and Ambition: How unchecked ego derails early career growth and the pursuit of genuine skill.
● Success and Blind Spots: Why ego becomes most dangerous after achievement, clouding judgment and inviting future failure.
● Failure and Recovery: How ego magnifies setbacks and makes bouncing back from failure far harder than it needs to be.
● Stoic Philosophy in Practice: Practical lessons drawn from Stoicism and historical figures for building humility and discipline.
● Publisher: Profile Books
● Binding: Paperback
● Pages: 226
● Price: 699 PKR
● ISBN: 9781781257029