Gratitude

The Practice of Gratitude Self-development is the reduction of ego and egocentric desires. It traces our human maturity, bringing a greater sense of autonomy and enhanced empathy with others. Ego reduction is achieved through personal development practices. They are the integrated disciplines (more…)

Success Without Ego

How do you have success in life without expressing your ego? We need to define ego first. Ego has different meanings and connotations depending upon context. Let us start with a working definition of ego. The discussion and examples below will help (more…)

Mechanism of an Ideal

As discussed in another post, an ideal is an essential aspect of self-development, and helps to draw us out of our immature, self-centered perspective. But what is the mechanism by which this ego-transcendence occurs? This can be explained by way of (more…)