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Show MHHMK J lai 'iS)r3i Don't Live a Self-Centered Life Nine times in ten when you And a person who isn't getting as much out of his life as he should, who wants more friends than he has, who isn't altogether happy with his existence, you'll And, if you probe deeply enough, that that person is too self-centered. Although they don't know it, usually usu-ally this condition of being self-centered self-centered starts in childhood. As a child the person was babied by his parents. He received so much notice that when he left home he felt letdown, neglected, disillusioned disillu-sioned when the world didn't treat him as his parents had. So he retired re-tired in a shell. In one office I know there was a girl who didn't have a friend. For three months she had worked there. Not one of the other girls had paid the slightest attention to her. One day she came to me. broke down, cried, said she was miserable. "They don't pay any attention to me," she sobbed. "Do you pay any attention to them?" I asked. "No no, I don't. "Then that's the trouble. If you want to be friendly with these girls you have to show them that you are friendly with them." If yu are living a self-centered life no, the best thing for you ta da is live more with other people and show them that they are important to you. |