The logic is pretty simple really. Even if you don’t care about anybody but yourself, you should still be a good person for purely selfish reasons. Do you believe in Karma? I am not talking about mystical bull shit. I am talking about the things you bring into your life subconsciously. The fact of the matter is, you need good relationships. No man is an island. The people that you want to be in relationships with are people that have your best interest at heart. Only good people are going to have your best interests at heart. No good person is going to want to be in a relationship of any kind with you if you are a piece of shit. Ipso facto don’t be a piece of shit. You shouldn’t need more proof, but just in case you are not sold yet, here we go.
It is so hard to express how important the people around you really are to your future success or failures and happiness or sadness. You become the people you are around most. You never see someone sober hanging around people shooting heroin. You never see one obnoxious person liked by a group of polite and courteous people. My best friend and business partner is just as good as I am, to be perfectly honest, he may even be better. But I am admittedly a work in progress. We have similar goals on How To Earn Money on EBay, and we make one another better. This couldn’t happen if one of us was an asshole, and didn’t have the best interest of the other on our minds. The most relatable example would probably be a romantic relationship. You are going to attract someone that is similar to you. That is just a fact. There is rarely a successful “opposites attract” type of relationship. That has been debunked over and over. So now you just have to ask yourself. Would you want to be involved with someone that has your qualities? It takes an amazing amount of self awareness to answer that last question honestly. If you happened to of gotten lucky and are in relationships with good people, just know that it wont last unless you meet their goodness with your own eventually. Nobody is going to deal with a douche forever.
This is something you really can fake until you make it. Eventually the letting go of grudges and treating people with kindness will become a habit and will lead to a much more fulfilling life. At first it is going to be very hard. You may even feel a burning in your gut when you force yourself to let grudges and vengeance go. That NEED to get even or speak your mind to somebody that has no interest in listening will go away. Eventually all that will be left is a new, improved, and happier you. When you are gone what remains? Only legacy and reputation. If you are a dick your entire life you will still have a legacy, but it will not be a flattering one.
It is so hard to express how important the people around you really are to your future success or failures and happiness or sadness. You become the people you are around most. You never see someone sober hanging around people shooting heroin. You never see one obnoxious person liked by a group of polite and courteous people. My best friend and business partner is just as good as I am, to be perfectly honest, he may even be better. But I am admittedly a work in progress. We have similar goals on How To Earn Money on EBay, and we make one another better. This couldn’t happen if one of us was an asshole, and didn’t have the best interest of the other on our minds. The most relatable example would probably be a romantic relationship. You are going to attract someone that is similar to you. That is just a fact. There is rarely a successful “opposites attract” type of relationship. That has been debunked over and over. So now you just have to ask yourself. Would you want to be involved with someone that has your qualities? It takes an amazing amount of self awareness to answer that last question honestly. If you happened to of gotten lucky and are in relationships with good people, just know that it wont last unless you meet their goodness with your own eventually. Nobody is going to deal with a douche forever.
This is something you really can fake until you make it. Eventually the letting go of grudges and treating people with kindness will become a habit and will lead to a much more fulfilling life. At first it is going to be very hard. You may even feel a burning in your gut when you force yourself to let grudges and vengeance go. That NEED to get even or speak your mind to somebody that has no interest in listening will go away. Eventually all that will be left is a new, improved, and happier you. When you are gone what remains? Only legacy and reputation. If you are a dick your entire life you will still have a legacy, but it will not be a flattering one.
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