Losing your job is a blow to your ego and can be downright scary.

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While confidence is needed for selling success, check your ego at the door of an application or interview.

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It's nice for your ego to have someone recognize you or to get a nice table in a restaurant.

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If you cannot boost your ego one way, boost it in another realm!

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If you do not have any of the above, you can still party, but be prepared to have your ego-crushed.

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In science, that means rigor, testing, and taking your ego out of the process and just looking to the facts.

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Engage in some friendly competition with your ego to think of all the different ways you could view the situation.

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Is it worthwhile or is leadership just a way to make more money, impress your peers, and flatter your ego?

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You need space, he once told me, for your ego to flow.

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And they expect you to put aside your ego, work with the new president they elected and put the interests of the country first.

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Where have you compromised a value you held dear, because doing so allowed you to avoid something unpleasant or feed your ego in some way?

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Put your ego aside and ask: What skills do I lack?

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If you are supported in school and your ego remains intact, then you emerge with a strong work ethic and a different view of the world.

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Choose the latter and prepare to have your ego smashed.

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You know, that comes from not trading with your ego.

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Your ego can be your worst enemy particularly for male investors.

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Respect wars begin with a challenge to your ego.

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So, you know, you just let your ego go.

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The magic glue that keeps all this together is the Cloud, in this case acting as your alter ego, a digital representation of you and your stuff: all those preferences, settings, privileges, programs, subscriptions, documents, photos, videos, music, and backup services.

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And, of course, there's the save-your-ego rationale.

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Who knows: you may think you are reading this article in a gloomy office, but there could be a parallel universe where some of the electrons in your brain followed a slightly different path a few weeks ago and your alter ego is browsing it on a sunny beach.

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In the interim, I recommend you use social media and the Internet to find your alter-ego.

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Later on in the game you can also tap into your darker side, invoking your Jack the Ripper alter-ego which gives you an extra combat boost for a short period of time.

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Second, much as it soothes the ego to think that your portfolio setbacks are because of a conspiracy, where large institutional clients make a killing and the individual investors get the crumbs from the table, it is institutional clients who lose the most in bad deals because they have more to lose.

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After all your effort, you might not even get credited at the end of a film, but for the average movie crew member, seeing your name on-screen isn t much of an ego boost anyway.

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