Just as inevitably he has developed a healthy ego.
Why burst the bubble of such a healthy ego?
Rational self-interest would be encouraged and a healthy ego championed.
He is a loner with a sharp tongue, a healthy ego and no extracurricular activities.
Let's just say that these are smart, independent people with healthy egos and they'll be more cooperative if asked rather than ordered.
Many of them have large salaries, well-established reputations and big, healthy egos.
To develop a healthy ego, every child, boy or girl, must have a sense of autonomy.
"No, I happen to have a very healthy ego, in fact."
Perhaps the new major's arrival had been such a blow to his normally very healthy ego that he couldn't bear to talk to her.
A healthy ego is virtually part of the job description.