While growing up, mama told me never to be selfish if I must be successful in life. She always beat me up when she realise I refuse to share what I had with people. I grew up with this mindset and I've always been selfless. Have I made a million dollars yet? NO! But yet I have been selfless at all times. Days ago I began to wonder why I'm yet to produce financial results in my endeavours despite my selflessness. I pondered on this for a while until I began to study the lives of the world's richest men. I realized that they all at had one thing in common which is their love for humanity. They've always been engaged in activities that will meet the needs of humanity. Yes they are selfless but that's not what gave them their net worth I thought.
I figured out that their giving alms, etc are all carried out for selfish reasons. Either to make financial profits hence the price attached to their goods or services or to make a good name or great personality hence their NGO's and foundations. Everyone who became successful had at some point in their life be selfish. I still believe it won't be a fallacy if one says as I'm about to say that EVERYONE IS SELFISH or at least everyone has got to be selfish to be a life god become successful.
Once u think self or what getting engaged will benefit you as a person I believe I'll be right to say you are self-centred. Even our religious leaders, the very ones we sees as saints are selfish.
What ignites or reignites the fire in an entrepreneur and help him or her stand away from quitting is not the love he or she has for humanity or what the public will benefit from the idea when it really blows up but what he or she as a person will benefit. There and then being selfish serves as a self-motivation.
IN CONCLUSION
What fuels the zeal that successful people have in affecting lives is what they will benefit as individuals. Selfishness and would forever remain a positive motivation if applied.
[But if you doubt that being selfish AT SOME POINT IN LIFE is a step away from success, RESTEEM this post and don't be selfish with the content]
There is a line between taking and giving, tho I have certain reservations for some of the points that you raised......
Lovely post. I will definitely resteem it
Wow . thanks!
Nice one
Thanks man
Personally i dont feel everyone is selfish because selfish sounds like a negative word, i would rather say everyone does what will work in their best interest and at times this might involved being selfless in our various dealings
Well it sounds negative. No doubt. But i belief is the hard truth. Even the christia messiah was AT SOME POINT in his life selfish.
Thanks for your support and sharing your a star
Wow thanks for appreciating my content. Am humbled .
good work keep going :)
Thanks for your comment
i agree with yhu a bit though, yhu can say everyone has been selfish at a time in their lives but just so yhu know it might not be deliberate and it is not even all selfishness that one should bother about cos some are important for oneself
Deliberately or not. Once you think self. You're selfish!
There was accident and there were people in the car, i was too. After the accident i got out with a lot of injuries. I just laid at the road side waiting for help. I did not help other people in the car. M i selfish
Yes bro. Even you couldnt help them cos of your state. You still had the chance to think them!
Well articulated
Thanks bro. Guess only you got my point
Selfishness is inherent. We are naturally selfish but while this gives us the drive to work hard and determination to succeed the key factor to success is the act of selflessness along the line. That's what pull the traffic to you. Selflessness is an attractive and selling point.
Good effort.
Thanks sir for getting my point to the extent you did
Braaaaaaah!!!!! Brilliant. @onyemacourage i couldnt agree more bro. I think the list goes on in ways we display selfishness . Its not only restricted to being succesfull. Even being in a relationship is borne out of our desire or would i say selfish interest to fill a void, now please don't get me wrong. Nevertheless, i think the world will be a better place if the reason behind most actions are purely selfless, because i know of someone (who once traversed this planet,) whose selfless act of love saved humanity. And thats a huge motivation for me...
Cheers.
Yes you're right. M not preaching total selfishness... Nor do I support total selflessness. Knowing when go apply them is what matters. Even JESUS CHRIST at some point in his life was selfish
i think i agree with you a bit...well thanks for sharing..
Am humbled. Thanks for seeing my point
you are welcome
nice post bro.....
Nice one