#08: EGO

EGO
  • Created By : David Marx
  • Client : Studio M LDA
  • Launch : 01 May 2025
  • Link : EGO
  • Categories : Incentive

"Leadership doesn’t always need input. Sometimes it just needs a bit of extra oxygen.”

D. Marx, founder

EGO – A Leadership Retreat Like No Other

EGO is not a retreat. It’s not a seminar. It’s a curated 48-hour experience designed exclusively for leaders who constantly make decisions for others — and rarely have time for themselves.
Set in hand-picked locations like the black sauna caves of Lithuania or the wild trails of the Portuguese Alentejo, EGO strips away roles, routines, and responsibilities. In their place: salt scrubs, song rituals, off-road rides, lake plunges, shared silence, and dinner tables set like stages. Carefully balanced between physicality and pause. Intensity and elegance.

EGO is limited to 10 participants. But it leaves room for much more:
Clarity. Connection. Creativity. Courage.<

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What makes EGO different?

Leadership starts with self-connection
No lectures. No modules. Just you, others, and the space in between.

Short by design, deep by nature
48 hours is all it takes to reset the mind – through the body.

Raw experiences in refined settings
Sweat, dust, salt, laughter – all wrapped in culinary delight and understated luxury.

A network that doesn’t need suits
Because the strongest bonds are built when titles fall away and presence takes over.

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Studio M × EGO:
This is not a retreat. This is a return.

If you're looking for a wellness weekend – EGO is not for you.
If you expect soft skills in soft chairs – look elsewhere.

EGO is not about rest. It’s about renewal.
About re-entering yourself. Through fire, friction, silence, salt, speed, and sweat.
About letting go of your role – and meeting the person behind it.

Here, nothing is prescribed – and everything is felt.
Sauna rituals in pitch-black rooms. Enduro trails across wild Portuguese hills. Ice-cold lake dives. Conversations that matter. Laughter that heals. Food that grounds.
All embedded in understated luxury. Because clarity deserves beauty.

EGO was designed exclusively for leaders – and for good reason.
Not because others wouldn’t benefit, but because true leadership requires spaces that challenge without pretending, and invite without overwhelming.

In just 48 hours, participants reconnect to what really matters:
Themselves. Others. Purpose. Presence.

EGO vs. Classic Retreat
What we are not – and why it matters.

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The EGO Manifesto: One format. One intention. One invitation.

✦ We believe leadership needs pauses – not from work, but from performance.
✦ We believe that clarity doesn't come from more input, but from deeper presence.
✦ We believe that trust can’t be taught – only experienced.
✦ We believe the self deserves attention, friction, release, and reintegration.
✦ We believe 48 hours is enough.
✦ We believe in EGO.

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