Release Your Ego

You'd rather look good and lose than look bad and win.

• Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson), White Men Can't Jump

You have goals. A campaign to run, a launch to manage, a to-do list that never gets shorter.

Here's the real question: would you rather be the mastermind of failure, or a teammate to success?

Working with others won't stroke your ego the way going solo will. You won't have full control. But you need to honestly assess what you actually want to achieve.

You have specific targets to hit, problems to solve, or a startup pitch that still doesn't clearly explain what you do. The truth is, you don't have all the answers. And great copy, great ideas, can come from anywhere. Not just from you.

To get better results, you're going to have to let go to grow. Release your ego from the equation.

Your ego wants full control, full credit, full ownership. Maybe that makes you the boss. But it may also leave you standing still, or moving backward.

In that case, what exactly is the point?