A New Earth
them. Even people with heavy egos sometimes begin to relax, let down their
guard, and stop playing their roles when they interact with them. It comes as
no surprise that those people who work without ego are extraordinarily
successful at what they do. Anybody who is one with what he or she does is
building the new earth.
I have also met many others who may be technically good at what they
do but whose ego constantly sabotages their work. Only part of their
attention is on the work they perform; the other part is on themselves. Their
ego demands personal recognition and wastes energy in resentment if it
doesn't get enough – and it's never enough. “Is someone else getting more
recognition than me?” Or their main focus of attention is profit or power, and
their work is no more than a means to that end. When work is no more than a
means to an end, it cannot be of high quality. When obstacles or difficulties