When you are growing up, you are often told by your parents, other parents as well as teachers and peers (pretty much everyone) that you shouldn't be selfish...

You believe that you are a rational individual who has control over his thoughts, feelings and emotions...

A person may believe that he embraces the philosophy of rational selfishness—but still not have control of his thoughts, feelings and emotions...

In Part 1, I mentioned that you must avoid the social philosophy of altruism In Part 2, I explained how irrational selfishness in others and yourself is detrimental to your success and happiness...

In Part 1 I discussed the destructiveness of social altruism and the pitfalls of personal altruism Irrational selfishness ties in with altruism because altruists need irrationally selfish people...

“Love is patient, love is kind It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud...

In order to pursue one's happinessn one earlier post on your responsibility, I mentioned that one should uptake full responsibility for one’s future, desires and needs and not live the script written by others...

I think it would be fair to say that we all have a tendency to take things personally It's just that some of us have a greater tendency than others to do so...

The CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation once acknowledged to me that at his core he didn’t know who he was or what he’s really about...

Weren’t we taught to share Isn’t that what we learned in kindergarten...