Episode 73 | Recorded May 27, 2022

A Fresh Book Report @ Accounting High 

with Scotty Scarano and Twyla Verhelst, CPA

Today's Book Report is on Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

Ever felt like you’re the king of the world? Or like you’re carrying the world on your shoulders? When was the last time you felt like you won? Or the last time you felt like you lost? What and who got you there? Our Ego, if left unchecked, clouds our vision and prevents us from reaching greater heights. It affects us not just in moments of success but in our failures as well. Do you have too much pride to ask for help? Look in the mirror and gauge yourself. Listen in as Scott and Twyla attempt to defeat their greatest enemies, themselves.

4 - Your biggest enemy is yourself and you’re more likely to be what gets in the way than anything else

7 - The three components: Aspire, Success, and Failure

Shoutout to Atomic Habits by James Clear, The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek

8 - Aspire: losing touch with reality and letting your pride block what’s in front of you

Shoutout to Frank Shamrock

10 - Find your Plus, Minus, and Equals in life and in business

Shoutout to Catherine Graham, Angela Merkel

15 - You get confidence, but if you’re not careful, it takes you too far

17 - Once you taste that success and you feel like you know it all… That’s gonna lead to failure

20 - Beware of the disease of me

Shoutout to Pat Riley, Steve Jobs, Kanye West

22 - A lot of awareness and intention is required to keep us from becoming our own barriers

25 - A monk is separate from all and in harmony with all

27 - Failure: being defined by your success that you can’t even define yourself when you fail

36 - Was it them? Was it me? Or is it the circumstances that got us here?

37 - Every step of the way, Ego is the Enemy

39 - We may think that we're never equipped to get there, but there are definitely people like you that have gotten there and even past that

Shoutout to Kenji Kuramoto, Nikole Mackenzie, CPA