5 devastating manifestations of the ego, which is accompanied by success

The euphoria of success weakens the critical self-perception and deprives us of the very qualities that have helped to achieve this goal. To successfully confront his own ego, it is necessary to understand what games it plays with us.

1. The exaggeration of self-worth

Success rarely merit of one person, usually the result of teamwork. In the beginning, when there is still no achievements, everyone understands the team, they are working for a common goal.

Once success comes and begin serious victory, the team spirit is weakened. Everyone starts to count the amount of equity contribution and usually overestimate their own importance. Hearing a cherished "We did it!", We immediately want to get your personal part of the success in the form of money and fame - all that we recently wanted for the team and not for himself. But we have the right, because it is our merit.

But however important it was our participation in the common cause, we can not buy a license to greed and protrusion themselves at the expense of others.

Pull the blanket over himself counterproductive. If you have your "I" to shake the team next success may not be.

2. Arrogance

Well, when you can be proud of themselves, but to cross the line between pride and arrogance very easily. No, no, yes, and the thought creeps in: "Yes, if I had not, nothing would have happened." We not only extol its merits, but also depreciate the contribution of others. They, of course, also well done, but where they reached us! Those who work with us side by side, notice it and begin to treat us at best with irony.

Putting us at the forefront, we overestimate our own strength and we lose an objective view of the situation.

3. The desire to control everything

Arrogance goes hand in hand with hypercontrol. Our ego tells us: "If you're the best, you better know how everything should be. Who, if not you? "

As a result, we begin to interfere with the work of others, even to check the smallest details. All this in order to find flaws and amuse your ego. Work with us becomes unbearable.

In an effort to control everything and everyone, remember that your power is not so great. You do not control the weather, the world market, the decisions of other people. You are wasting strength, which could put to better use.

4. Paranoia

Other destructive manifestation of the ego - morbid suspicion. We feel that we all envy our success and want to take it away from us. You can not trust anyone. Surrounded by enemies and fools. You need to follow them and to beat them.

The desire to protect ourselves, we ourselves create the plot, we want to prevent, and become hostages of their own suspicions.

The enemy we have only one - our ego.

5. self-deception

Sometimes we look back and looking at his tortuous path to success, say to yourself, "I always knew that, and so it will be." I did not expect, did not try, but it did. Do not be fooled. You had no idea, will you or not. Such legends entertain our feelings, but they are not as harmless as they seem.

The fact that our ego tries to convince us that the success - self-evident thing. Success accompanied us in the past and, therefore, will accompany us in the future. But this is not the case. Success - is the result of work, creative thinking, perseverance and luck.

Focus not on our laurels, and further to. Do not let your ego get in your way for future victories.