Don’t Learn This Dangerous Lesson

<p>&quot;It’s easy to look at history and learn the wrong lesson. You see Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar and can’t help but connect their enormous ego to their incredible successes. Or you watch Elizabeth Holmes escape consequences for her frauds and Adam Neumann, the founder of WeWork, get rewarded with a golden parachute and think: the upside of ego is enormous and the downside is pretty minimal. You look at a Steve Jobs or a Kanye West and it’s understandable to think that ego is an asset. </p><p>This is a mistake. Correlation and causation are not the same thing.&quot;<br/><br/>Get another perspective on the costs of ego on today&apos;s Daily Stoic Podcast.<br/><br/>Get your copy of <em>Ego Is the Enemy</em> for just $2.99: https://geni.us/EBt5<br/> <br/> Get 20% off <em>Ego </em>medallions and pendants: https://store.dailystoic.com/discount/EGODISCOUNT<br/> <br/> Buy an <em>Ego </em>medallion and get an <em>Ego </em>print for $10 (75% off): https://store.dailystoic.com/discount/EGOPRINT</p><p>****</p><p>If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.</p><p>Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: DailyStoic.com/signup</p><p>Follow @DailyStoic:</p><p>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/ryanholiday'>https://twitter.com/ryanholiday</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/'>https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href='http://facebook.com/ryanholiday'>http://facebook.com/ryanholiday</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic'>https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic</a></p>