It is often said that ego is your enemy. In this episode Carter and Mo consider if ego can be your friend. What are the positive and negative aspects of ego? When can it fuel ambition and when can it make you foolish? Discussions include whether all ambition comes from ego, if it’s valid to feel good about doing something worthy and is positivity better than criticism when teaching someone a skill.

• Is Ego the enemy or your friend? (00:00)

• Is all ambition derived from the ego? (01:47)

• Ego is good or bad, depending on how you use it (03:16)

• People forget to do the things that made them the best (05:37)

• Is there anything wrong with feeling good about doing a worthy thing? (07:53)

• There is value in only giving positive feedback (09:35)

• Image and perception matter (13:55)

• When the ego makes you believe you need to be the best at everything (17:07)

• Should you worry about the competition in business? (18:26)

• Mo considers documenting his own journey(22:12)

• Binge watching Yellowstone (25:28)

Kirk Kerkorian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Kerkorian(03:16)

Scott Adams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams

Dale Carngie Institute

https://www.dalecarnegie.com

Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent by Ryan Holliday

Yellowstone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_(American_TV_series)