I admit it, I’m a selfish bastard.
After reading all three books, one of the key points that stood out to me was the idea of becoming a producer.
Throughout my whole life I have been selfish, only willing to give something if I know I’ll get something back later.
I don’t know what is it with the idea of having a giving mindset, but somehow I have associated giving with becoming a chump.
Someone that gets taken advantage of.
My assumption is that it could be from my negative dog-eat-dog worldview and childhood experiences, where I’d give something to someone with the expectation of reciprocation, but then nothing would happen and I’d feel like I was taken advantage of.
Or just the idea that humans generally are selfish and mean.
I just hate helping others solve a problem. Whether it’s in a personal or professional context.
Being a money chaser for probably my whole life has led me to personal and professional failure, as I’m also embarrassed to admit that I’ve been fired 28 times from jobs I didn’t care about.
A lot of the feedback was my attitude, which would make me perform bad.
Mainly because I was focusing on what I was getting out of each job. I hated pretending I was excited to do work I didn’t like, and so that would show.
And as far as business, unfortunately I bought a lot of programs and books which filled my head with useful life changing knowledge, only to realise that I’d have to use it to offer something to a group of people.
Can anyone relate to this? I can’t seem to figure how you can be a giver in this crazy selfish world where nobody gives a f**k about you.
After reading all three books, one of the key points that stood out to me was the idea of becoming a producer.
Throughout my whole life I have been selfish, only willing to give something if I know I’ll get something back later.
I don’t know what is it with the idea of having a giving mindset, but somehow I have associated giving with becoming a chump.
Someone that gets taken advantage of.
My assumption is that it could be from my negative dog-eat-dog worldview and childhood experiences, where I’d give something to someone with the expectation of reciprocation, but then nothing would happen and I’d feel like I was taken advantage of.
Or just the idea that humans generally are selfish and mean.
I just hate helping others solve a problem. Whether it’s in a personal or professional context.
Being a money chaser for probably my whole life has led me to personal and professional failure, as I’m also embarrassed to admit that I’ve been fired 28 times from jobs I didn’t care about.
A lot of the feedback was my attitude, which would make me perform bad.
Mainly because I was focusing on what I was getting out of each job. I hated pretending I was excited to do work I didn’t like, and so that would show.
And as far as business, unfortunately I bought a lot of programs and books which filled my head with useful life changing knowledge, only to realise that I’d have to use it to offer something to a group of people.
Can anyone relate to this? I can’t seem to figure how you can be a giver in this crazy selfish world where nobody gives a f**k about you.
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