The Ego – The Boastful Voice that Drowns Out Humility

What’s the ego? People often define it as a kind of social mask, made up of arrogance and defense mechanisms. It’s feeling proud that you climbed the mountain because you want everyone else to see you, not because it’s an opportunity to see the world from a different perspective. Very few psychological constructs have so many different and varied definitions. The concept of the ego, a term that comes from the Latin word for “I”, is one of the aspects of personality that people talk about the most. The most common definition of ego is haughtiness or arrogance, a self-image…