Resentment towards ego

I've started to develop a resentment toward ego both in my self but also in other people.  I've started to look at the people around me like including my friends and colleagues.  When I see or feel ego I have a difficult time trying to explain the exact feelings I feel inside other than I don't like it and I don't want to be around it.  

I've started to also consider how ego plays in my professional life.  I work for an extremely large global company.  It's an amazing company that I'm very happy to be a part of.  But in any organization there's a political game that plays out.  This game has many players and many personalities.  Many future roles are determined through many different metrics.  Most of them are based on current performance as well as skill sets needed for the new role.  However many are decided on the strength of relationships with key people on the ladder above you.  There's an old saying that goes like this, "it's not what you know but who you know".  I realize that to move up in the organization I'm going to have to develop relationships with people that have large ego's.  What's the cost to me and am I willing to pay the price to my own personal beliefs and ego?  

I've found that over the past 10 years of training at SRKF and specially the past couple of years I've changed.  I have become much more humble, less driven by feeding my own personal ego.  So the question becomes "what's the price I'm willing to pay?" followed by "careful what you wish for".

Mr. Ian Repay

Student of Silent River Kung Fu