“My performances have finally caught up with my ego.” EgoPerformancesCaughtCaught UpEgotism Author:Ato Boldon
“It was important to have a similar energy in my performance. To make the character too different would have just been about my ego because it didn't need to be drastically different.” NeedsImportantDifferentCharacterEnergyEgoPerformances Author:Brandon Routh
“When one is working out a problem ... life becomes duality. One's ego transacts the ordinary routine of things, as if the mind had an upper and lower story and the regular performance of the day's duties moved and motivated on the upper floor, while down below the all-absorbing problem toils silently, forcefully, toward its solution.” IfsMindStoriesProblemDutyEgoSolutionsOrdinaryPerformancesMovedWork OutMotivatedRoutineProblem SolvingToilDualityAbsorbing Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“I'm totally a narcissist, so I was doing all this performance and having lots of weird ego time, and learning to set aside my love for the ego and find a deeper love for myself and through that seeing myself as one with all beings. And through loving myself, loving all people in the world, that was my cure for narcissism, the only cure.” PeopleWorldSeeingEgoPerformancesDeeperCuresNarcissismNarcissistLoving MyselfDeeper Love Author:Larkin Grimm
“Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will. Understand that they are very ambitious; but their ambition, first and foremost, is for the company's success. They realize that the most important step they must make to become a Level 5 leader is to subjugate their ego to the company's performance. When asked for interviews, these leaders will agree only if it's about the company and not about them.” IfsFirstsImportantRealizingLeadershipLevelsBusinessCompanyLeaderStepsWonderfulHumilityEgoAmbitionPerformancesAgreeExtraordinaryInterviewsAmbitious Author:James C. Collins