Top Highlights

• Sustained happiness cannot come from money, or from the things that money buys. Sustained happiness comes from meaning. It comes from growing, developing, and having a positive impact on the lives of others.
• I am going to call the part of us that does these things, that has the thoughts and feelings, that makes the decisions, the “ego.” “Ego” is Latin for “I,” and that is exactly what I mean by it.
• The ego has a very important function. It establishes and maintains our identity.
• the ego is responsible for getting your needs met. We
• To summarize, the ego has three principal responsibilities: 1) to establish and preserve your identity, 2) to keep you safe, and 3) to meet your various needs as best it can.