![david sivers ego is the enemy david sivers ego is the enemy](https://images.gr-assets.com/users/1388506754p2/27178013.jpg)
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage (London: Profile Books). Categories: Self-Help A Joosr Guide to Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
DAVID SIVERS EGO IS THE ENEMY FULL
The result is an inspiring and timely reminder that humility and confidence are our greatest friends when confronting the challenges of a culture that tends to fan the flames of ego, a book full of themes and life lessons that will resonate, uplift and inspire. Drawing on an array of inspiring characters and narratives from literature, philosophy and history, the book explores the nature and dangers of ego to illustrate how you can be humble in your aspirations, gracious in your success and resilient in your failures. In Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday shows us how and why ego is such a powerful internal opponent to be guarded against at all stages of our careers and lives, and that we can only create our best work when we identify, acknowledge and disarm its dangers.
![david sivers ego is the enemy david sivers ego is the enemy](https://www.adrionltd.com/89294-large_default/one-step-ahead-mastering-the-art-and-science-of-negotiation.jpg)
Its name? Ego, and it is the enemy - of ambition, of success and of resilience. Every great philosopher has warned against it, in our most lasting stories and countless works of art, in all culture and all ages. It's made adversity unbearable and turned struggle into shame. It's evaporated great fortunes and run companies into the ground. It's wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. It's that important' Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want 'Ryan Holiday is one of his generation's finest thinkers' Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art 'This is a book I want every athlete, aspiring leader, entrepreneur.