tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post2397145954922743077..comments2023-06-09T07:51:40.439-07:00Comments on Umang's Thoughtosphere: EGOAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01893904210047468186noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-83890374128125821712010-04-20T01:00:26.937-07:002010-04-20T01:00:26.937-07:00According to Oxford Dictionary, ego means sense of...According to Oxford Dictionary, ego means sense of self esteem or self importance. The meaning doesn't stir any negative feelings.To a lot of people including me, the word evokes negativity. We always hear or say things like 'his ego got hurt, Male ego or he/she is egoistic, all in a way to ridicule and put someone down. Rarely we hear or say phrases like 'work on your ego or have a strong ego'. Lets say that in your organization, Mr A and Mr B put forth a business idea in an Annual General Meeting, which is rejected or criticized by their colleagues. The incidence hurts the ego of both, Mr A and Mr B. Now, Mr A reacts in a healthy way by working hard and/or developing better innovative ideas which will be accepted by his colleagues in the next AGM (like Umang suggested) However Mr B takes it personally and revengefully tries to outshine others. So here is the point, most of the people would describe Mr A as confident and with positive self esteem for the way he reacted to the situation and Mr B as immature and egoistic for reacting inappropriately. What do you all think???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127440290768989628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-41614844497746136642010-04-20T00:05:04.980-07:002010-04-20T00:05:04.980-07:00Nice one Umang...but as always the word EGO is ass...Nice one Umang...but as always the word EGO is associated with a negative feeling and I'm not an exception! But I liked the point of mentioning the two different shades of EGO. I'll also try to look at the positive side of it. I think we can only do this when we love and care about others tha ourself.....alas a wonderful thought and it's refreshing who ever gone through this blog....!Balajinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-21816029730083708162010-04-16T08:37:07.899-07:002010-04-16T08:37:07.899-07:00I can see that you are putting a lot of time and e...I can see that you are putting a lot of time and effort into your blog.Good job in this article!!!!!!! <br />AS far as I am concerned ego is self - love,self-conciousness and as a human being ,we all must have an ego.<br /> It can be either good or bad and it totally depend on us how we take it.If you have an ego, than you must control it <br />and not let it control you.As someone has said"You must have enough ego to have self confidence and to get noticed, but not<br /> to the point where people roll their eyes when you enter a room. "....... vary nice article!!!....I would like to read more <br />article like this .........:):)Rinki Aryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01828589815141013602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-32845506221532061802010-04-16T06:26:50.146-07:002010-04-16T06:26:50.146-07:00@ Amar & Anubha: Thanks for taking out your pr...@ Amar & Anubha: Thanks for taking out your precious time, for reading the blog and posting your views. I do agree with your stand that ego is negative, but the word "only" takes an extreme stand. I have no clue, whether Amar actually ment that or not, but, though a cliché, every thing, like a coin has two sides, positive & negative. I am trying to explore the positive side.<br /><br />Amar's next point, pressure to do something, because of ego is negative, is correct, but to accept change, which is unwanted by us, we need to put pressure. Moreover, it's the pressure, that bind things, not only mechanically, but also at times emotionally.<br /><br />I'll be eagerly looking forward to your reply<br />- Umang :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01893904210047468186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-68062653563002197862010-04-16T06:14:16.291-07:002010-04-16T06:14:16.291-07:00Good one Umang..!! but for me EGO is only associat...Good one Umang..!! but for me EGO is only associated with negativity, I don't find it in doing something positive...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16792308696609360572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-26509964804138225792010-04-16T04:07:00.142-07:002010-04-16T04:07:00.142-07:00I slightly disagree though!!!! I think that ego is...I slightly disagree though!!!! I think that ego is only negative.The feeling of being pressurised to achieve something because your ego is at stake cannot be termed positive. Even if it is for achieving something positive... Ego may set you up for an unhealthy competition. The right motivation to achieve something positive is by focusing on self respect and not EGO ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127440290768989628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548402963050000469.post-15094436203943589922010-04-16T03:51:49.939-07:002010-04-16T03:51:49.939-07:00very interesting... Umang i think you should write...very interesting... Umang i think you should write more often. you are really good at it :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127440290768989628noreply@blogger.com