Views: 41
As read on LinkedIN;
Tej Lalvani, CEO of Vitabiotics & Dragon on BBC’s Dragons’ Den (2017-2021)
He is a professional investor, so sure knows what he needs in real entrepreneurs.
The ego is the killer of progress.
It entrenches us in outdated beliefs and makes us reluctant to admit mistakes.
It encourages us to prioritise looking good over doing what’s best.
It inevitably leads to us losing sight of what’s important.
And, trust me, it makes us really, really difficult to work with.
The sooner you can remove that part of yourself from your work, the better.
Sarb Randhawa replies;
When ego takes the helm, it steers us towards a mirage of self-importance, overshadowing the essence of teamwork and collaboration. It’s a deceptive force that dresses up our insecurities in a cloak of false confidence, leading us to value appearance over substance, and accolades over actual progress.
The real challenge lies in recognizing and disentangling ourselves from the clutches of ego.
Kathy Ratcliffe adds an important point.
Let’s just take care to know what Ego is, versus Narcissism. A healthy ego is not arrogant, it understands empathy and humility… it’s confident and honest. It gets us up in the morning and drives us to do things. An unhealthy ego (which I think is what Tej is talking about) is self-serving, ruthless and has a superiority complex. We all have an ego, it’s our identity (Id). What we do with it – or what we allow it to do with us – is key to the point made here.
It seems we are diving deeper into psychology, phylosophy and war, with two books added to the Jaghtvaerder’s Library.
De Koude Oorlog, Coen van Tricht, published by Aspekt, 2009, in Jan Sylver’s possession.
A History of Philosophy, Frederick Copleston, S.J., Volume II: Medieval Philosophy, from Augustine to Duns Scotus, published, April 1993, in Marc’s possession.
Let’s publish some of those universal wisdom’s.
