How Our Egos Stop Us from Doing the Meaningful Things
It wasn’t until I had grey in my beard late in my 13-year pro sports career that I realized an unchecked ego is the enemy of team success and meaningful progress. Being aware of the ego changed how I engaged and connected with my teammates in the sports world. Instead of wanting individual status and personal success, I found a new type of success (yes, more on that later).
My personal growth as a better teammate helped our Antibes team reach the ultimate goal: winning a national championship in France. To this day, team sports success was, and still is, one of the most meaningful human experiences I’ve had.
In many ways, every human on Earth is part of a team — the human team.
After my basketball career ended, I sadly realized my ego was still making most of the decisions inside my human team — in business, family, relationships, education, government, youth sports, coaching, and startup life.
This is how I keep my ego from ruining the most meaningful parts of life.
What Is Ego and How Do You Witness It?
Everyone might have their own definition of ego.
The ego always wants to protect you from pain, death, or suffering. It wants to make sure you have more than enough. It…
