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saying goes like this, “Unused money devaluates, unused talent diminishes, unused potentiality declines, unused machines get rusted, unused time gets wasted, unused knowledge becomes a burden, anything not used gets misused. An egoistic person seldom uses what he knows. Foolishness lies in asking more from the Almighty, while you are unaware of your unused gifts fromHim.

Many people believe they need a strong ego to live a successful life and to progress in their pursuits. This is not true. We cannot be successful while we are tossed about by a powerful ego. What success does require is a strong will. The difference between EGO and WILL is that Ego is blind, butWill has a vision. Ego springs from Avidya (ignorance), a false sense of identification with the material world, and is usually concerned with preserving self-image and self-identity.

Ego is like a little pool. An egotistical person is like a frog in that pool - his world is small, his borders insecure. He has only a vague awareness of the world around the pool. From his perspective, only his own feelings and his own voice are meaningful. There is a fine difference between an Egoist and an Egotist. An EGOIST is someone who thinks only for himself, someone who is selfish. An EGOTIST ('t' to denote talking) is a person who is boastful and talks a lot about himself. An egotist is probably also an egoist, but an egoist is often not an egotist.

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