Comments on: An Ego is an Opportunity

By: Steve Jobs’ Mysterious Personal Brand Is Finally Revealed « Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:12:43 +0000

[...] we are on the topic of ego’s, I would like to share a special interview I had with Leander Kahney, who is the News Editor at [...]

By: Troy Worman

Troy Worman — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:10:32 +0000

Thanks for the link.

By: Scott Bradley

Scott Bradley — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:00:46 +0000

Love the deepness of this post

By: MarketingDeviant

MarketingDeviant — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:25:14 +0000

Well ego has it pros and cons. I believe personality is the real opportunity.

By: chrisdoesloans

chrisdoesloans — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:55:22 +0000

The difference is egoism vs. egotism. And you’ve explained it well.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:28:58 +0000

I don’t necessarily agree with you. In fact, I think that you are slightly contradicting yourself. I do agree that in the business world it is necessary to cater to the egos around you. I, however, think that this means that you must swallow your own ego in order to do so.

I also do not think that it is always ego, or pride, that always separates the lower class (or McDonalds worker) from the upper class (or businessman). You state that “If you don’t have “pride” in your personal brand, then I can almost guarantee that some press in your local newspaper or a pat on the back at work wont soothe your wounds or give you purpose in life.” I do not think that you need to have pride to have purpose. There are many people out there who have other equally inspiring reasons for what they do – love, generosity, ambition, drive, family…