Big Ego

Functioning in your ego? Being proud of your accomplishments is not only valid, but should be celebrated. Write major goals and minor goals on your goal sheet; having the fun of checking them off, is to be relished. Giving yourself a prize for accomplishment and a penalty for missing the mark serves to incentivize goals. I applaud goal achievement and reward.

During my morning work out today, I listened to Dr Wayne Dyer. Dr Dyer has published 30 books, numerous audio recordings, hosted public television programs and lectured all over the world. His point this morning struck a chord in my heart. He was speaking on the Success dual disk which arrives every two months in my Success magazine.

Dr Dyer, known as the father of motivation, turned the crank of my thought pattern this morning by challenging my perspective. Wayne spoke about how for the first nine months of our life we don’t worry about anything. We have zero concerns about the color of our eyes or if our heart will start beating. Our mother simply carries us in her womb and lets God do his perfect work to create us. On the day of our birth, we unconsciously say, “Great work, God. We’ll take over from here.” We let our EGO take over from that point forward. Wayne’s definition of EGO is Edge God Out.

On some level, we say, “We are in control now. We take credit for all of the wonderful talents, abilities and accomplishments in our life. Unfortunately, sometimes He gets the blame when things do not go well. If we are going to take all of the credit for the great events, we also need to take responsibility for the “why did that happen” events. Most of us function largely within our ego.

Are you accepting full responsibility for your life? Taking credit for all of the wonderful events also requires taking full responsibility for our mistakes. Ego isn’t totally bad if it spurs you forward to create more with the time and talents you were given. Napoleon Hill spoke of the two sealed envelopes we bring with us at birth. He reminded us of the benefits of taking control of our mind and the penalties for not taking control of our mind. Taking control of our own mind allows us to grow and achieve. Ego plays a part in that growth and achievement.

The core issue revolves around whether we function totally self serving or serving others. Functioning totally, or even 90 per cent, within our ego indicates a strong probability that we are edging God out of the picture and being self serving.

Some of the greatest leaders throughout history were servant leaders. They learned the valuable lesson of valuing other people. They achieved great wealth by assisting others to reach their dreams and goals. Great leaders are also known throughout history to be deeply grateful for the blessings and opportunities they have received. Research all of the great leaders and you will find deeply religious convictions.

You will either be remembered for the problems you solve or the problems you create. Great leaders who are servant leaders focus on serving others. Great leaders provide benefit to others.

Hitler, on the other hand, functioned on ego and encouraged his followers to function on the egocentric belief that they were superior. Look how that ended. . .

Think carefully about your feelings and motivation. Are you functioning out of ego and being self serving? Are you edging God out? How do you choose to have your legacy read, “He gave value to others” or “He lived for his own gain.”

Ego under control can produce positive results. Ego out of control becomes destructive.

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