Comments on: Do We Need to Be Selfish to Be Successful?

By: Mike Foster

Mike Foster — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:42:56 +0000

Hey, I am still recovering from my shoulder surgery, but wanted to drop by and comment on your latest post. I still read lots of posts but cannot type for extended periods of time, so my commenting is limited. I enjoyed this post and I am glad I dropped by.

peace,
Mike
livelife365

By: Karalyn

Karalyn — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:40:04 +0000

In general I find that in helping someone else succeed, I succeed myself. Maybe it’s old-fashioned, but it does work. Lack of customer service is one of my biggest complaints about society today and good service is not limited to the retail industry. If we are truly passionate about what we are doing, it is seldom a burden helping someone else accomplish his/her goals.

By: Joice

Joice — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:30:40 +0000

I agree with you. So much of our difficulties in loving ourselves came from social conditioning, not to mention religious teachings about selfishness, of going to hell if you don’t become as saintly, that is, as harsh to yourself as possible while being as kind to others as God wants you to be. The truth however is that we really should improve our relationship with ourselves first before we can have fruitful relationships with others. The option then is not to be selfish or successful, but to be able to have the right relationship with ourselves and thus, with others as well.

By: Cilla

Cilla — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:04:00 +0000

please, let us be selfish! One person can never make another person happy so the other can never make me happy. Only I can make the me in me happy. So I have started to think about what makes me happy and acted on it. It is liberating!

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:55:59 +0000

That is not how I define selfish. My selfish is far more grand and full of potential.

By: Amanda Linehan

Amanda Linehan — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:23:04 +0000

I think being “selfish” and “selfless” can be one in the same thing – where our focus on our self actually leads us to doing something great for those around us. :)

It’s too bad that tending to yourself is considered undesirable.