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Our ego is our natural sense of self that places us in the centre of our own universe. Blindly following our ego is an easy trap to fall into. We become a prisoner, unaware of our self-induced captivity and how it separates us from harmonious relationships with others.

Recognising Ego

The first step to winning the battle against our ego is to recognizing ego driven thoughts and actions that we are often unaware of. It can be brought to our attention by feedback from those that have our welfare at heart or life events.

Here are some signs that you have an ego problem:

1. You are a poor listener. You are slow to hear, and quick to speak.
2. You get defensive when someone gives you feedback. This can take the form of over rationalising a situation. The tendency is to “forget” evidence and information which does not support your thinking and to “remember” evidence and information which does.
3. You want others to do things for you, but you hesitate to do things for others.
4. You do not tr...