Overcoming ego in five easy ways

Overcoming Ego in five easy ways The ego as defined by Juan Matus is a dragon within your head. It is a blinding and destructive creature that makes us believe that only we are right when compared with the viewpoints of other people. It is believed that this energy and derive should be contained and exist in moderate amounts. When it increases, it may cause you many social and personal problems. In order to contain it, you can follow these hints:

1. Keep your motivation based on learning It is a passion for most of us to explore, learn and be excited most of the time. As we seek motivation in life, we may encounter a fight between our self and our inner ego. This ego will force us to be motivated through what we have achieved and accomplished. Whereas, our self wants us to experience, live and learn. The negative effect of an accomplishment based motivation is that, such causes a crisis of self-worth upon failure. Hence, a motivation based on learning will help us live a better life.

2. Focus on the process instead of the results “Life is a journey and not a destination”. In order to stay positive and ego-free, always focus on your processes instead of the results. The results will follow, once you work hard and smart. During your life, you will find many beautiful and unforgettable things and experiences; whether positive or negative. A combination of all actually makes your life meaningful and magical as it is. Our ego will always want us to arrive in places and achieve results. If you follow the inner ego, you will feel demotivated, purposeless and useless whenever you fail.

3. Everyone lives a different life and serves a different purpose Never compare yourself with the lives of other people. Every person has different setbacks and accomplishments in life. Your ego will always make you compare with other peoples’ lives. Hence, whenever you will see someone succeeding in life, you will feel inferior and very vulnerable.

4. The habitual system We are all part of a huge dominating structured system. The inner ego keeps you restricted to it. The reward/punishment system that everyone believes in these days is according to this particular system. You need to know that the reward/punishment system can be defined by yourself. It does not need be subject to the laws and rules of the system as defined by the government or the law.

5. Realization that too much ego will only bring you down You need to realize that even though ego is beneficial for you to a very little extent; anything above that threshold level will only be bad for your mental and physical health.

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