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Jhonatan Morais
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Ego is your Greatest Opponent

I’ve completed another book from my reading list. This time, it was Ego: Your Greatest Opponent by Ryan Holiday. The book provides valuable insights on how to stay on track in your career development journey, focusing on four key principles:

  1. Don’t be (blindly) passionate.
  2. Keep learning at all times.
  3. Fight against your ego—don’t let success go to your head.
  4. Don’t tell yourself stories—your path hasn’t been linear.

Overall, I enjoyed the book and the examples shared by the author. The ideas are presented as self-contained topics, each illustrated with real-life examples of well-known individuals who have both succeeded and failed in their struggle against ego.

My final verdict: Yes, you should read or listen to this book!

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