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Pretty brutal self assessment. I wonder what his real life has been like?

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11 Signs Of An Ego-Tripping & Power Hungry Leader

Leadership is all about character , integrity and guiding your team in the right direction.

Even if this job requires a sense of humility , some leaders can get ahead of themselves, let their ego run their world, crave and abuse their power.

Unfortunately, without even knowing it, the best leaders can also get consumed by ego and power.

Wondering if you are ego-tripping or if you are a power-hungry leader?

We have all worked in environments where leaders have completely lost their minds, letting their ego drive their decisions, searching for power or being completely drunk on power.

These leaders are said to be ego-tripping, power-tripping or power-hungry.

Below are the 11 signs revealing whether or not you are power-hungry or ego-tripping.

1. Power-hungry leaders are bullies

They bully their team members to ensure dominance and to kill any potential that would threaten their sense of power.

They overtly criticize others, take cheap shots and undermine the success of the entire team by creating chaos.

They are known to sabotage their team members because they think that they will move forward without them.

2. Power-hungry leaders are empty individuals

They are not whole individuals.

Truth is, they have a heightened sense of self, very low self-esteem and need to constantly feed their ego.

Furthermore, they are not self-aware , mindful of their actions, have low self-esteem and an unhealthy work-life balance.

3. Power-hungry leaders hide deep insecurities

Ego tripping and power-hungry individuals are weak-minded and will give anything to fill that inner void. For most, ego-tripping and power-hungry people are people who have felt powerless while growing up.

Deep inside, they are weak, are cowards, fear their own shadow, don’t have real power and they know it. They are unstable and easy to break.

To the world, they act tough and search for the weaknesses of everyone.

4. Power-hungry leaders jealousy has no bound

They get jealous when other people do better than they do or hold the position they want. They want to be the only one to shine and won’t hesitate to dim the light of others.

5. Power-hungry leaders think rank is enough

They think that their rank and role in the organization is enough to command respect.

Indeed, they pull rank whenever they feel threatened. Unfortunately, they tend to lose all the respect that they so crave.

6. Power-hungry leaders shut down dissenting voices

They remove dissenting voices or anyone who would oppose them.

Instead, they favor yes men, force people to bow down, to submit to their will, to agree with them, to follow them even if they are wrong.

Basically, it’s their way or the high way.

7. Power-hungry leaders believe status is everything

They often remind everyone around them of their titles and past accomplishments. They overshare and over-exaggerate their achievements.

They demonstrate a sense of superiority and use their status to build up their sense of self-worth .

8. Power-hungry leaders always compete with others

To feed their ego, they compete with people or powerful leaders who may not know that they are competing.

They think life is a competition. Even worse, some believe that life is a game and people are pieces on their chessboard.

9. Power-hungry leaders only social climb

They only network with powerful people and use them to social climb.

They look to climb the social ladder, thirsty for notoriety and take part in the most influential situations. They name drop powerful leaders they know in order to get respect and to feel superior.

10. Power-hungry leaders want to control everything and everyone

They tend to micromanage and don’t trust the people around them.

For this reason, they constantly seek control and leverage over others.

11. Power-hungry leaders encourage toxicity

They thrive in chaos, encourage toxic behavior and competition.

They may even gossip and create false narratives to foster a negative environment.

Last Words Of Advice!

Wanting and having power is not always a negative thing. You simply have to want it for the right reasons in order to go the distance. Otherwise, you will rapidly crash and burn.

If you come across one of those power-hungry leaders, don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself.

Hope that I’ve helped you get it together on your way to leadership!

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What’s So Bad About an “Ego Trip”?

What does it mean to accuse someone of being on an “ego trip”?

Let’s start with the concept of “ego.” In the original Greek definition of the term, “ego” basically refers to the self, or “I.”

In the Freudian version of the term, “ego” was part of a triad of ego, superego and “id.” Id referred to the mental realm of untamed emotions, urges and instincts; superego referred to the conscience; and ego referred to the mind’s connection with reality.

I’m not trying to promote Freud’s theory, but simply to point out the two contexts in which this term has generally been used: reality orientation, and self.

So basically, to be on an “ego” trip is to be concerned with self and reality. What, exactly, is wrong with that?

It’s interesting how the person who objects to somebody’s “ego trip” has little problem with the concept of a self. Such people are more than happy to concern themselves with their own interests, desires, selves and egos. In fact, to assert one’s own ego in the condemnation of another’s actions is itself an act of egoism, or an ego trip. By what standard of moral purity do you attack something while exercising that very thing yourself?

Instead of being honest and saying, “I object to you spending your mind’s energy and your time doing such-and-such,” they try to “make” you feel guilty by condemning you for having an ego at all. Instead of making a rational case for what’s mistaken in your actions, they go right for emotion: the emotion of guilt.

This is precisely the same tactic people use when attempting to intimidate you by calling you “selfish.” The person who feels shame over being called “selfish” never stops to consider that the person condemning him or her as selfish is, by that very act, advancing some set of interests, values or options the accuser personally and selfishly holds dear.

In other words, if I call you “selfish” and therefore bad for spending your time doing what you want to do instead of spending your time on me – on or something else important to me (world poverty, the good of the community, the family, whatever)– then I’m contradicting myself in my very act of moral condemnation and intimidation.

In effect, I’m telling you, “Shame, shame” for being concerned with your own interests while in the process using that condemnation to advance my own values, interests and opinions. How does that make any sense?

It’s precisely the same game when somebody accuses you of being on an “ego trip.”

The falsehood here is that it’s always and automatically bad whenever you’re doing something that you wish to do, by your own standards and for your own sake.

People think of “ego trip” and they immediately think of a person looking in the mirror, obsessing on him- or herself. They confuse this image with the proper definition of ego, which is a rational orientation towards oneself and reality.

Anti ego-trip moralists take it for granted that any attempt to advance the self is by definition always wrong — other than, interestingly, their own attempts to advance their own selves and interests.

It’s entirely possible that what you’re doing is wrong, irrational and not even in your own objective interests, as well as harming other innocent people. But in such a case, it’s not your “ego” that’s to blame. It’s not your orientation to self or reality that’s to blame. It’s just the opposite: Your refusal to look at reality, at your own objective interests as well as the impact on other innocent parties, that’s the problem here.

Of course, the person accusing you of the “ego trip” is bypassing any rational or objective argument against what you’re doing. Instead, the person making this accusation is going right to a hoped for response of guilt on your part.

The end result is one of two things. One, you stop doing something perfectly legitimate – yes, in your self-interest, but perfectly legitimate – for no reason other than someone else doesn’t want you to continue.

Or two, you stop doing what you indeed should stop doing, but for the wrong reason. Instead of stopping it because it’s against your interest (something self-destructive, as in drug abuse), you’re stopping it solely for the sake of others.

So the next time somebody accuses you of being on an “ego trip,” reply by saying: “And what exactly is wrong with that? My ego is myself, and my orientation to reality. How am I violating either of those things by doing what I’m doing?”

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[*clock ringing*] Sometimes, just sometimes Maybe more than some of the time I'm on a false ego trip Insecurity is rife I'm not the ideal person To be lecturing of life But if you wanna know Some things I've learned about myself Been in sticky situations I won't bore you with the filth Breaking bones and sniffing gear Pouring blood and sweat and tears In a nutshell I suppose It's the way the water flows Yeah that's the way the story goes Sometimes, just sometimes Well alright, maybe all of the time I'm on a false ego trip And I'm a renegade of sorts I roam the concrete jungle Hunting idiots for sport And now the c_caine scene It picked me up and made me frown That's when joking says that music helps the medicine go down Hey, it makes you feel alive More like demons in the night Flinging powder up your nose It's the way the water flows Yeah that's the way the story goes Sometimes Just sometimes And now the world outside Don't look the same for you and me Drinking cider on a golf course Just a distant memory Down the park and pick a fight Popping pills all through the night F_cking waster I suppose That's the way the water flows Yeah that's the way the story goes Sometimes Just sometimes Sometimes Just sometimes Just sometimes

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♥ this vibe of a song www.youtube.com/watchv=at3xxbey4n4   sometimes, just sometimes maybe more than some of the time i'm on a false ego trip insecurity is rife i'm not the ideal person to be lecturing on life but if you wanna know some things i've learned about myself been in sticky situations i won't bore you with the filth breaking bones and sniffing gear pouring blood and sweat and tears in a nutshell i suppose it's the way the water flows yeah that's the way the story goes sometimes, just sometimes well alright, maybe all of the time i'm on a false ego trip and i'm a renegade of sorts i roam the concrete jungle hunting idiots for sport and now the cocaine scene it picked me up and made me frown that's when joking says that music helps the medicine go down hey, it makes you feel alive more like demons in the night flinging powder up your nose it's the way the water flows yeah that's the way the story goes sometimes just sometimes and now the world outside don't look the same for you and me drinking cider on a golf course just a distant memory down the park and pick a fight popping pills all through the night fucking waster i suppose that's the way the water flows yeah that's the way the story goes sometimes just sometimes sometimes just sometimes just sometimes   @ grauland.