Posts Tagged ‘Ayn Rand’
Wanting More
The last post on the many myths about money and wealth totally blew up! Shows what a fascinating subject it is. Dani asked if people don’t sometimes create limiting beliefs to protect their egos. Not ten minutes later I got a comment on my Prosperity TV channel proving exactly that…
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Poverty is Evil
“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter.”
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The Immorality of Hedonism
So the last couple posts we’ve discussed the virtuous qualities of selfishness and the importance or getting your own needs met before you are able to help others in a meaningful way. Now all this is not to be confused with Hedonism…
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Why Doing Good is Selfish
What a wild and groovy discussion going on the last post and the original post that started it all. I promised that we’d pick up on the topic of how doing good was selfish…
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How You Save the World
In yesterday’s post I was called everything but a child of God for suggesting people adopt a behavior of selfishness and recommending Ayn Rand’s book on the subject. Some wanted to twist my words and suggest that I was against helping the disadvantaged. So let’s dial down the drama and the rhetoric and look at the real issues…
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Food for Thought on Selfishness
Predictably, the last post rankled some, shocked others and gave some serious food for thought. And I’ll admit to using some language designed to create exactly those reactions. Because it’s an important issue that creates a lot of problems, for millions of people.
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Acting on Principle
We’ve talked about compromising, the bigger issue, living by a congruent philosophy, and acting on principle. Which almost no one in the herd does today.
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No Principles, No Philosophy
Well compromise is a good thing right? I mean all reasonable people compromise now and then.
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Making Happiness Your Purpose
Great discussion going on last week’s posts about the importance of a congruent philosophy to live by. Now let’s take it the next step: your purpose.
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Knowing Your Purpose
A funny thing happens when I teach the principles mentioned in the last post on the virtue and morality of selfishness. Most everyone who reads them says, “You know instinctively I always knew that was true. But I was afraid to discuss it because of the reaction I would have received. But it really makes sense in the big picture. I can only help those I care about if I help myself first.”
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