You might always be thinking about your success and benefit, without considering others'. You may feel too happy when you defeat someone. You are content only when you have something that others don't have at all. You don't wish to see others in your position whenever you are on the top. If these things happen to you be sure you are selfish. On the other hand, you may find others the way you are. Whether it's in happiness or in pain, you feel others' feelings through yours. You don't wish to see others in your position whenever you are in extreme pain. If you see these qualities in yourself, then you are no more selfish but a selfless and considerate person.
If you have learned English and can communicate in simple English, then you already know the meaning and implication of these two words- selfish and considerate. It's quite silly of me that I'm explaining their meanings to you. But what you might not know is the fact that selfish person must be considerate to be selfish. Yes, if you are thinking of your and only your success, if you want yourself to be better than others, and moreover, if you want to destroy the whole world, you surely need to be selfless, at least for a certain period of time. Wonder how? Do you find it hard to believe? No wonder. Everyone may feel the same. But it's possible and actually true. You can't be successfully selfish without being considerate- not to mention that if you wish to do something for the society, you certainly have to think for others.
Successful capitalist industrialists always think about their own benefit. It's not a subject of their concern how the billions of people and dozens of nations are to be benefited. Their sole goal is to earn profit and to be the number one. But no multinational company would earn remarkable profit if they had not showed concern and interest in other companies, people and nations than their own. A facial cream company, for instance, can earn incredible profit as well as reputation only when it is concerned about the benefits that the customers can have. It goes through lots of experiments, and makes sure that its product can make many people (especially women) beautiful. In this way, the customers are directly benefited, and indirectly and more than the customers, the company itself earns all the profit. It's same with any small-budget business. Your clients are more important for you. You want to dominate them. But for that, you have to respect them. Success kisses you and benefits you the most if you always strive to make your clients satisfied. This makes you seem selfless when you know you are not. In this condition, you are both selfish and considerate.
Business is not the only case. You must apply this device in your daily life too. Everyday, you have to deal with your family, friends, relatives and many new people. If you really care for them, you are already a nice person. I would suggest nothing except that you should keep it up. If not so, you might be thinking of becoming more successful, richer and more famous than any of them. But to happen so, you need them and their help. To get help, you have to help them. The most important is their trust. To win their trust, you have no other ways than serving them. Your motive is to benefit yourself but in action, you must benefit others. Once your family and friends are confident that they can rely on you, there is nothing that will stop you from achieving greater success than theirs.
I might be creating some misunderstanding for you that you need to be selfish. But that's not my intention. Rather, I'm asserting that you can't escape being considerate. No individual achieves success being selfish. Even if your motive is selfish, your action must be selfless. If you are considerate by nature, I salute you. And if you are temperamentally selfish, you must become considerate for the fulfillment of your selfish motive. So, be considerate to be selfish.
If you have learned English and can communicate in simple English, then you already know the meaning and implication of these two words- selfish and considerate. It's quite silly of me that I'm explaining their meanings to you. But what you might not know is the fact that selfish person must be considerate to be selfish. Yes, if you are thinking of your and only your success, if you want yourself to be better than others, and moreover, if you want to destroy the whole world, you surely need to be selfless, at least for a certain period of time. Wonder how? Do you find it hard to believe? No wonder. Everyone may feel the same. But it's possible and actually true. You can't be successfully selfish without being considerate- not to mention that if you wish to do something for the society, you certainly have to think for others.
Successful capitalist industrialists always think about their own benefit. It's not a subject of their concern how the billions of people and dozens of nations are to be benefited. Their sole goal is to earn profit and to be the number one. But no multinational company would earn remarkable profit if they had not showed concern and interest in other companies, people and nations than their own. A facial cream company, for instance, can earn incredible profit as well as reputation only when it is concerned about the benefits that the customers can have. It goes through lots of experiments, and makes sure that its product can make many people (especially women) beautiful. In this way, the customers are directly benefited, and indirectly and more than the customers, the company itself earns all the profit. It's same with any small-budget business. Your clients are more important for you. You want to dominate them. But for that, you have to respect them. Success kisses you and benefits you the most if you always strive to make your clients satisfied. This makes you seem selfless when you know you are not. In this condition, you are both selfish and considerate.
Business is not the only case. You must apply this device in your daily life too. Everyday, you have to deal with your family, friends, relatives and many new people. If you really care for them, you are already a nice person. I would suggest nothing except that you should keep it up. If not so, you might be thinking of becoming more successful, richer and more famous than any of them. But to happen so, you need them and their help. To get help, you have to help them. The most important is their trust. To win their trust, you have no other ways than serving them. Your motive is to benefit yourself but in action, you must benefit others. Once your family and friends are confident that they can rely on you, there is nothing that will stop you from achieving greater success than theirs.
I might be creating some misunderstanding for you that you need to be selfish. But that's not my intention. Rather, I'm asserting that you can't escape being considerate. No individual achieves success being selfish. Even if your motive is selfish, your action must be selfless. If you are considerate by nature, I salute you. And if you are temperamentally selfish, you must become considerate for the fulfillment of your selfish motive. So, be considerate to be selfish.