Archive for April, 2008

Dealing with Fame: Eminence and ego and distorted relationships

“The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized.” Stephen Hawking
Just who has the ego problem?
One sense of the word “ego” is a distorted self-regard, what psychologist Carl Jung referred to as “inflated consciousness… hypnotized by itself.”
But high level achievement often brings with it fame, which can [...]