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How To Be Selfish

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How To Be Selfish

491,799 views October 25, 2017 4:02

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We are used to thinking very badly of selfishness. But knowing how – at points – to put ourselves first can be the precondition for our later generosity and true helpfulness to others. Being selfish has a role to play in later selflessness.

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“We’re highly attuned to the notion that being selfish is one of the worst character traits we might possess, a way of behaving associated with greed, entitlement and cruelty. And yet some of the reason we fail to have the lives we should springs from an excess of the very opposite trait: from an overweaning modesty, an over-hasty deference to the wishes of others, a dangerous and counter-productive lack of selfishness...”

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The School of Life published this 4:02 video tutorial on October 25, 2017. It has been watched 491,799 times on YouTube.

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Further reading

  • How to Be Selfish - Psych Central psychcentral.com

    A selfless person can easily learn to strike a balance between selfless and selfish. You’ll always have that nagging feeling that tells you to do more for others than for yourself. You already ...

  • 11 Ways To Be More Selfish: You’ll Thank Me! | HuffPost huffpost.com

    Being more selfish doesn’t mean you don’t care about others. Quite the opposite, it means that you value yourself enough to create the life that you want. A healthy selfishness can lead to incredible healing and spiritu…

  • 15 Ways to Be More "Selfish" (And Why You Should) powerofpositivity.com

    15 Ways to Be “Selfish” Too much self-love and an over-inflated opinion of yourself as compared to others is a psychological problem known as narcissism. This is when you take care of yourself at the emotional, psycholo…

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