Is having an ego a bad thing?
The entire idea of having an ego is very popular in the stereotypical guys of today, where the portrayal of a macho person stems from the very concept of an ego that one is, or wants to be, better than everyone else. Ego is visible in girls too, though usually in a different form as is the case with stereotypical trends found in different elements of our society. Not many people actually claim they have an ego, though some claim having an ego in order to show a sense of a non-caring nature in order to get away with something stupid.
Is having an Ego a good thing? Let us look at some bad things Ego brings into your life, and the one single good thing Ego also brings into your life. You can put aside your Ego cap while reading this.
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5 Reasons Your Ego is a Bad Thing
- It makes you feel other people are stupid.
- It makes you feel others are not as good as you.
- It makes you unreceptive to new ideas.
- It makes you feel anything bad you do is justified.
- It makes you focus on being better than others and on competition, thus resulting in you never liking the idea of helping anyone else except yourself in any situation.
1 Reason Your Ego is a Good Thing
- Ego gives you Self Confidence.
Ego gives you one very good thing: self confidence. Many people try to get an ego so that they can get self confidence. It should be known, however, that ego is just one of the many ways to get self confidence. Therefore, the entire idea of having an ego can be pretty bad because the prejudicial views it creates easily do damage in the name of self confidence. Anyone looking for self confidence should probably look at other ways.
Do You Like Having an Ego?
Based on the above points and info, do you think you have an ego? Do you think having an ego is a good thing?
Please share your thoughts, stories or questions by commenting below. Thank you for reading! I really appreciate it. 
We all have different levels of consciousness or subconsciousness. I think we all just have to make everything balance. It is so because as Nathaniel Bronner says: " Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets."
I think having an ego is a good thing.Without egos, we won't make any progress.
Ego is good if it is well managed… A little dose of ego makes one able to gain some self confidence and make him/her able to look at things in a better manner. But large quantity of EGO is just like you said .. not very good. Regarding of your question if we (your readers) have an ego, my answer is for sure I have an ego and i think is in the right dose
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Ego ,is better ,you can stand and speak your opinion ,It makes you believe in your self ,if you do not have an ego ,you will sit back & watch other people all the time.
I went to an American university through scholarship,I do not came from a well of family, but ,when ,I got there ,I came to learn , the students had a lot of ego ,they believe they are the best and at the end of the day they became the best .
Your 5 reasons why Ego migh be bad are indeed the same one :
It can make you arrogant
and using the very same reasoning, you could also derive 5 reasons why having an ego is good