Why Being Selfish Is a Good Trait

One day I was talking to my younger sister casually over the phone, she gave me an unfit excuse for not taking care of herself,  that prompted me advise her to start being selfish. As I expected she would get angry on hearing this advice so did she. She countered me whether I am asking her to become a bad person. We as children have been taught that being selfish never gets associated to be one of the good traits and never gets appreciated in the society.  In our life, we hear people telling their qualities—selfless, honest and caring etc. In turn we imbibe these qualities and always try to be good at those. One more connotation about being selfish is that you’re unkind and inconsiderate to others. Experts believe that you can’t assist others until and unless you take better care of yourself. When you become selfish, you start figuring out the weaknesses you have and improving them as well. Selfish people are more confident and less likely to give up on their goals, that in turn helps them improve their leadership and decision-making skills.

In such a dynamic and competitive world, one is supposed to be selfish, that can help him/her adapt the continuous change and stand ahead in the competition. If you don’t think about your comfort and happiness, who else would? If you have become selfish person that doesn’t mean that it has made you less social person. Now you can help others the way you help yourself. I believe there is nothing wrong in being selfish even if people don’t compliment you for that.