The Human Ego is Fragile — Handle With Care
If you want to succeed with people, keep the ego in mind
You’ve seen the boxes that come in the mail that are labeled “Fragile! Handle with care.” The human ego should be labeled the same.
Wait! The ego is bad, right?
Most of the time, the word “ego” is used to convey something negative and it admittedly has a negative bent. But…
The reality is we all have an ego.
David Lieberman is a bestselling author and sought-after expert on human behavior and relationships. He explains:
“Three forces within us are often at odds with one another: the soul, the ego, and the body. In short, the soul seeks to do what is right; the ego wants to be right and see itself in an optimal light; and the body just wants to escape from it all.”
(Lieberman, David J. Never Get Angry Again: The Foolproof Way to Stay Calm and in Control in Any Conversation or Situation. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2018).
According to this paradigm, there is the impulse to do what feels good (our body), the desire to do what makes us look good (the ego), and the more noble call to do what is good (the soul).
