How Ego changes with Knowledge and Brilliance
This short note is a part humorous and part serious take on the matter.
Ego is a person’s sense of self-importance, and is widely seen as having a negative connotation. Everyone, including those who explicitly state I have no Ego show egotistical tendencies which show up in their interactions with colleagues and personal relationships. While it’s impossible tell precisely what one really thinks of themselves, ego manifests externally through words, actions, and body language. Based on many years of observing people and their ego, I’ve drawn a graph of how, for a specific topic or domain, one’s ego might vary with increasing knowledge and brilliance. It’s a part humorous and part serious take on the matter.
You think you are on a rocket ship, but in reality you are just floating a slow boat in a vast ocean. Your ego is driven by the rocket ship, but your reality is governed by the mild ebbs and flows of the ocean tides.
Why is this graph important?
It helps to be self-aware as we conduct business with others.
It helps to put ourselves in others’ shoes and enga…