How Selfish Do You Need To Be? with Kris Sykes & Brian Goldsack
In this episode of the Success Fundamentals Podcast, Kris Sykes and Brian Goldsack talk about selfishness and why it is such a recurring theme for people who have achieved, or are working towards their own vision of success. Kris and Brian unpack the meaning of the word, and why selfishness is not necessarily a bad thing to a certain degree, unless it evolves into a negative form that negatively affects oneself and society as a whole.
HIGHLIGHTS
Can selfishness be good?
Deconstructing the word selfishness
Everyone is selfish to a certain extent
Selfishness is one of the ingredients to success
Being egotistical and selfishness are not the same thing
QUOTES
Brian: "Selfish is a crazy word in the way that we use it because if we are not selfish, then what are we? Can we function in the perpetual state of always thinking about other people without having some regard to the self?"
Brian: "At what point does selfishness become bad? I think the distinguishing factor is some of the other words, right. I think if you become self-absorbed, that's a problem. I think if you become egotistical, I think that's a problem. I think if you become self-obsessed, that's a problem. But selfish, I think that's just a natural state of things."
Kris: "It's okay to be selfish but like Brian said earlier, selfishness is not necessarily the right word. It's how you were taught. Everybody as children you're taught that selfishness is a bad word. Right? It's a bad word, you don't need to be selfish, You always need to be looking out for the other person. But you can't help the other person unless you help you."
Kris: "On your journey of success, successors, you can be selfish to yourself. Meaning, understand what you need to do that's gonna make you perform and become your best self. It becomes bad when selfishness evolves into being self-centered, egotistical, conniving, self-absorbed."
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In this episode of the Success Fundamentals Podcast, Kris Sykes and Brian Goldsack talk about selfishness and why it is such a recurring theme for people who have achieved, or are working towards their own vision of success. Kris and Brian unpack the meaning of the word, and why selfishness is not necessarily a bad thing to a certain degree, unless it evolves into a negative form that negatively affects oneself and society as a whole.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Can selfishness be good?
- Deconstructing the word selfishness
- Everyone is selfish to a certain extent
- Selfishness is one of the ingredients to success
- Being egotistical and selfishness are not the same thing
QUOTES
Brian: "Selfish is a crazy word in the way that we use it because if we are not selfish, then what are we? Can we function in the perpetual state of always thinking about other people without having some regard to the self?"
Brian: "At what point does selfishness become bad? I think the distinguishing factor is some of the other words, right. I think if you become self-absorbed, that's a problem. I think if you become egotistical, I think that's a problem. I think if you become self-obsessed, that's a problem. But selfish, I think that's just a natural state of things."
Kris: "It's okay to be selfish but like Brian said earlier, selfishness is not necessarily the right word. It's how you were taught. Everybody as children you're taught that selfishness is a bad word. Right? It's a bad word, you don't need to be selfish, You always need to be looking out for the other person. But you can't help the other person unless you help you."
Kris: "On your journey of success, successors, you can be selfish to yourself. Meaning, understand what you need to do that's gonna make you perform and become your best self. It becomes bad when selfishness evolves into being self-centered, egotistical, conniving, self-absorbed."
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