ego
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Keeping up requires having a low ego as an organization and a leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Kavinsky - his red-eyed zombie DJ alter ego - was part of the second wave of influential "French Touch" artists including the likes of Justice and Sebastian.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Confidence can grow with wealth, and perhaps that’s a time when your ego needs a second opinion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Along with questioning social and sexual taboos, feminism and acts of aggression, Ono also confronts her own issues with ego from a Buddhist perspective, just as Cage had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The woman had assaulted my ego; she had assumed that she knew my place in life, what I felt, what I ought to be, and I resented it with all my heart.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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"He is more than fit to manage Les Bleus, given what he did at Real Madrid with great players and big egos."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
If he has a super power, both as a captain and coach, it’s his ability to manage big egos and get them to buy into the team concept.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Lorne that emerges is one with many superpowers: Discovering talent, yes, but also surviving the years and the weeks when it doesn’t launch — managing creative egos.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Before current Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards was even born, Finch was also getting a crash course in managing player egos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Conferences dragged, producers got inspirations that had to carefully get shot down, directors needed their egos soothed.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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