Ego, What is Ego? Options

As a person, I have a big ego. I want to win at all costs. I want this and that. I simply want to have it my way. I want the cake and the icing too. I am spoiled and always want to take more than I give back. Is this an example of an Ego?

My ego boost me to gain riches, health, love and many other conquests.
My ego also make new enemies, destroy and corrupt various aspects of me and my environment consciously and subconsciously.

What is EGO? What does this word means?
How do you define it? How do you keep it your slave instead of it enslaving you?
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the ego is a word. it means whatever you associate with it, many people associate many different things to the English word ego. That is where all the confusion comes from.

To me the ego is the selfish side of myself, the side that is lazy. the side that only wants pleasure and no work. the side that gives up when i am tired of something. the side of my that gets bored when i don't have anything usefully to do.

pride can be split into parts. Failing to do something because you are to proud to do it is ego. Refusing to do something because it is degrading and goes against your pride is not bad in my book. Standing up to people beating you down, and not turning the other cheek is good pride to me to.

I am no pacifist, many religious people are too passive for my tastes.

I am aggressive and proud, I will not let anyone destroy my pride or spirit.

Forget about killing the ego, just live. Live your life one second at a time, forget about the bullshit.
Handle each choice calmly as it comes, and don't let your ego make the choices for you. Wu-Wei as the taoists say, remain unattached and free, flow trough life.
That is all there is to it.

knowledge is baggage, wisdom is light and can be applied to knowledge. Knowledge without wisdom makes you a fool, and there are numerous people like this.

(forgive my rambling, i am in a strange mood today... )