Are You Selfish? The 9 Signs

9 Signs You May Be a Selfish Person Who Cares Only for Yourself

1)    Do you rarely ask others what they want? Are you apathetic when you hear others express their needs?

2)    Do you have little interest in things that are not directly relevant or advantageous to your needs or interests? If you don’t care about a question, topic or subject, do you put in any time and effort into responding?

3)    Are you annoyed when others ask you to make changes to accommodate their needs or want to talk to you about their plans?

4)    Do you expect others to make changes to accommodate your needs?

5)    Do you rarely hear or remember details of what others tell you, such as their activities, needs, victories or sorrows?

6)    Do you enjoy when others share their achievements or do you quickly bring conversations back to your needs, goals and achievements?

7)    Can you apologize for mistakes or do you feel you’ve made no mistakes or that you owe no one an explanation or apology?

8)    Do you let others know about your plans or do you feel you don’t have to share them with others unless and until you want to?

9)    Do you spend a lot of time focused on or planning to meet your own needs and objectives and miss out on activities of importance to others and not really care?

There are times when being selfish is a good and necessary choice, but those times are usually limited and far between. If you’re a selfish person on an ongoing basis, there may be many things you’re missing out on, including being thought of well by those close to you and being able to truly participate in the moment with others.

Coming up next in part three, exploring what it means to become less selfish and steps you can take to move away from being selfish or being appropriately selfish.

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