The Problem With Ego @PirateSoftware

the problem is that when we're operating

from ego and when we're driven by ego

the ego controls the emotion and the

logic so we end up doing things that are

not good for us so we had a great

interview a couple maybe about a year

and a half ago with someone who was like

dealing with a lot of burnout and this

programmer was very successful so they

go home on Friday they would work on the

problem all weekend long there's a team

of developers and then they come in on

Monday morning with the solution so

instead of getting a weekend they do the

whole team's work over the course of the

weekend and then they come in burnt out

on the weekend but man everyone is like

holy crap this is great thank you for

solving this problem and they feel so

good from that positive enforcement it

feels good to be the hero but the hero

is an aspect of my ego so what happens

when I operate from ego I want to be

something is it causes us to make

generally speaking unhealthy trades I

don't want to disappoint my boss I want

my boss to love me I want my boss to

respect me so I'm never going to say set

a boundary with them yeah that makes

sense