Dictionary meaning
Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
My meaning
Absorbing, modifying and channeling the resources towards one's vision and ignoring everything else that is not beneficial.
The Concept:
The context is different. I am sure that you have heard this phrase time and again that you should not be selfish. But come on! Be honest with yourself and accept the fact that we all are selfish indeed. All our passions are selfish, our dreams are selfish and our actions are selfish as well. It is the basic animal instinct in us that has been installed in our DNA for survival purpose. So it’s not a wise choice to not be selfish. But let be elaborate a bit here. My selfishness definition is different from traditional one. I don’t promote selfishness with the sense of traditional meaning which can be greed and self possession. No! Not that!
My intention behind influencing and suggesting you to develop a sense of selfishness is for the sole purpose of making you live an extraordinary life and capable of contributing your valuable gifts with the humanity. If you are not selfish, mediocrity and dogmatic people around you will kill the fire within you without any sympathy. That’s not the thing you would want to settle for.
Let’s get back to what this mindset is all about. This mindset is basically your paradigm for Absorbing, modifying, investing and channeling the resources (things/thoughts/events/people/information) in the direction that will improve your life, make you successful and also enable you to serve the humanity.
BE SELFISH ABOUT THE YOUR CHOICES THAT HAVE DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE.
To make this concept even simpler to understand and apply I am giving you a list that will guide you to be selfish in the right sense.