Overcoming Our Egos | Craig Manning | TEDxBYU

"It is not how talented you are or much information you have stored in your mind but how well you use your mind that leads to high performance. The ego is the greatest source of human interference because it is always seeking approval from outside sources. In order to gain this approval, an ego mind craves outcomes. The opposite of an ego-oriented mind is a task-oriented mind, which brings focus to the skills needed to execute the performance. Dr. Craig Manning is a Human Performance Scientist and the bestselling author of The Fearless Mind. His clients include the US Ski and US Snowboarding teams, Red Bull High Performance, the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA, and a roster of companies and professionals worldwide who seek to achieve high performance. He teaches at Brigham Young University, where he is Adjunct Professor of Performance Psychology and serves as Mental Performance Consultant for the university's athletic department.

[alexsanoff]

This video made me think that when we try to perform for our ego, and to prove something, there is this barrier in the way of pure performance. When we focus on the goal we have set and doing a good job out of enjoyment and clarity of our mission we can enter a flow state and perform more intimately with the task we have chosen.

[akkimodi]

1) Constant seeking of approval
2) Always focused on outcomes because of the need for constant approvals (Could also be a perfectionist)
3) Not persistent and quits easily as outcomes are difficult to achieve
4) Looks people and things to blame
5) Cannot perform under pressure because it gets anxiety if people are looking

[warrenbradford]

To overcome my ego, I must learn how to confident. Just avoid being too confident. I am already working on humility as well.

[stoicornothing]

The fact that self-improvement videos get such few views while entertainment videos get it in buckets tells you just how despicable people find it to work on themselves. Learn to interact with someone on the same energy level as you. It'll save you a lot of heartache.

[mostafasherif]

my mom is a task oriented person .. a single mother raised 3 children in africa ...thats an achievment .. she always emphasized on always working hard, doing your task on time, being punctual she aint perfect to us 3 she is ..i instantly thought of her 3 min listening to the talk , ,but also had some pretty interesting insight about myself ..

your words really resonates .. thank u

[edwineffiong]

Task orientated; "goals to help us stretch not stress". How tightly ego is tied to stress. Thank you.

[clownworld]

I experienced a devastating ego death which sent me into a bad depression after my Army career failed. Recently experienced another from a failed romantic relationship, but this time I feel relief and joy from the learning experience in spite of my failure

[aswathnambiar]

Confident humility is my new mantra. Confidence in your skills and humility as in no one is entitled to success. As Krishna said, "Ma karma phala hetur bhurmatey sangostva akarmani."

[ballaboi]

I just wanted to say thank you for this I really needed this because I felt entitled to success .I failed to make my football team and I took it personal and was starting to get upset thinking I deserved it and started to think the coach just doesn't like me. And now I'm looking back and thinking other players have been there for years training and working hard and I'm
here for one day and expected to be the best.Micheal jordan the greatest basketball player in history was cut from his high school team due to lack of skill but look where he ended up. I realized it's not if you will fail because you will but its how respond to failures .

[PokeManPro]

This is one of the best talks I’ve ever heard in my life. Thank you sir for this!

[kristinekoirala]

Key takeways:
1. Task oriented
2. Confident- humility

[mmendi]

one of the best TED talks I have watched....and devoured...now I just need to implement

[mariamimi]

Dont let people tell you what is good for you and not good for you, only you know what is good for you cause only you know what you’re good at. Whatever you want to do because you know you can do it deep down in your heart, the first that shouldn’t come to your mind is people’s opinions cause people will project and manipulate. Their manipulation will cloud you and make you believe in it instead of believing what you know is true.

[antoniodg]

Wanting to Win is also part of the Ego.

[КальсоныШарикова]

Gold! Made me cry! Summed up my life’s challenges in 12 minutes. Thank you!

[maryk]

This is exactly what I needed to hear! Thanks a million!💚

[jdlawbooker]

Happy to see you out there yourself performing at a high level, my friend.

[yeetyahuhyur]

wow..His words inspired me a lot... Thank you TED and Manning for providing this and gave us insight to become a better person. I appreciate it!

[michaelsperry]

So crucial to High Performance in business and in the greatest sport of all time tennis!!

[norhussanee]

Very well said! I wrote notes on this, and hopefully, it works. My ego is killing me. Self entitlement is not the answer...mental note for me.