By Dr. Corey Allan

Selfishness gets a bad rap.

Part of living a simple life involves being selfish. Hell, living involves selfishness.

Just look at one of the most selfish beings on the planet … infants.

They require constant care with no regard for other’s sleep, free time, and relaxation. But are they called selfish? Not in the slightest.

If you take the same child at the age of 2, 3, or 4 who exhibits the same characteristics as an infant then most definitely you’ll hear the label. Not even to mention the same characteristics in a full grown adult.

So, part of growing up must mean learning to be unselfish and how to compromise? Right?

Not necessarily.

As with most everything, there are extremes … and the extremes seem to be where we... More...