High Achievers = Big Ego?

[Leo Gura]

10 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

We assume they are grinding or pushing themselves.  Some people just have a lot of energy and desire to work.  We assume they are suffering, but if they were, wouldn't they just stop?  Maybe that's their path of least resistance

Of course.

The hardest thing for an ambitious ego-maniac is to sit and do nothing. It's literally impossible for them.

The hardest thing for Elon Musk to do is nothing.

It is easier for Elon Musk to fly to Mars than to sit on a couch and do nothing.

Humans are built different. That's why they get such wildly different results.

Workaholics love being workaholics and would suffer more otherwise.

A workaholic will not be a happy Buddhist sitting under a tree.

Edited 1 hour ago by Leo Gura

[AerisVahnEphelia]

10 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

How would big or giant ego be defined?  As opposed to a small or tiny ego?  

Welcome back. 

 

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Ego has nothing to do with achievement.

You've a passion for things in life. 

And you have no control over the reason for it. 

Define 'high achieving', this is a mental hallucination.

Here is the truth, you wake up everyday in the void and make up a scenario on why to keep being shall matter. 

Ego make up stuff like : ho high achieving, so good icecream.

Here is the truth without filter most people are too stupid to see how pointless and futile chasing status is. 

Just like you wouldn't chase an IV of heroin but here you are thinking this is somewhat what you need, 'what will fix me'.

So it's about being delusional and to keep at it.