# ego
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64:05Advice to younger self and egoAl Elliott: Because I think that ego stands in your way and there are so many people I know who are obsessed with being right about something to the point where they will go bankrupt trying to be right. They will be in aEP 304 · 26 May 2026·other· 64:05–67:0830:42The hyper ego explainedAl Elliott: You've just said that you shouldn't go on Reddit and take the opinion of someone who potentially has never done what you are asking them to do, you should go to a book. But these days, you and I both know thaEP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 30:42–31:4127:56Ego, ideas, and disagree in the room, commit outside the roomAl Elliott: What about the ego? Like, both of you are excellent at what you do. Both of you, like you say, that you sort of like change a little bit and you excel at one part of the business and then you excel at creativEP 271 · 29 Jan 2026·panel interview· 27:56–32:3339:46Why the ego isn't your enemy and where to find CarolinaAl Elliott: I want to ask you a bit of a practical question because you've I agree with you, by the way. Ego is the enemy Carolina Lasso: Yes. And I'm gonna interrupt you there, Al, because I don't think ego is an enemy.EP 221 · 7 Aug 2025·outro· 39:46–44:0014:14Handling the skeptics and ego-driven leadersLeanne Elliott: We see a lot online, on the media about very different styles of leadership, very coercive styles of leadership, very masculine styles of leadership to, you know, pull up on Meta and Mark Zuckerberg's calEP 215 · 17 Jul 2025·interview· 14:14–21:1431:42Screening for ego in the hiring processAl Elliott: In this kind of industry where you do have experts, sort of top 1% of people in the world, do you find that some of them have an ego to match? Steve Roest: Absolutely. And we screen for that. So tell me more EP 213 · 10 Jul 2025·interview· 31:42–35:0848:27Ambition, ego, and being okay with being wrongAl Elliott: Trying to get my head around this. In your company, you're like, okay, I don't mind being wrong. I don't need to be the leader. Yet in your private life, you're reading about building empires. So How are we rEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 48:27–51:200:33Editing your ego: why leaders must make the story about the teamAl Elliott: Nice. So you might say, all right, this year we want to be a successful company that grows. That's about me. The reality is, in an uncertain economic climate, A lot of people are worried about how businesses EP 39 · 17 May 2023·other· 0:33–0:5871:03The best leaders make it about their peopleAl Elliott: So the thing is, as a leader or business owner, you obviously want to hit certain goals. But the best leaders know that in order to get what they want, they have to stay together, they have to help their teamEP 39 · 17 May 2023·other· 71:03–73:51
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