Are you a selfish partner? Before you answer, keep in mind there is a difference between being selfish and being labeled as “selfish” because our actions do not please or benefit someone else. If you ...

Selfish is as selfish does. If you have influence, perpetuate or tolerate a selfish culture in your organization, you will reap the self-serving behavior you have sown. Selfish behavior didn’t work on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Being selfish has a bad reputation. We’re often taught from an early age that ...

Myth 1: As with pregnancy one either is or isn’t selfish: With our broadest brush we paint someone as a “selfish person.” We try for a finer, “curse-the-sin-not-the-sinner” brushstroke in saying it’s ...

It was Matt Judy, an agent who represents PGA Tour players and who once represented Matt Kuchar, who put the need for selfishness among elite professional golfers to me most succinctly during an ...

Here’s why he says selfishness is the key to being the best version of yourself, which can lead to success in business and life. Rather, it’s treating yourself with kindness in the same way you would ...

John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, claims business is under attack today. Speaking to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce in February, he said, “Humanity has been lifted up by business, and yet it ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for the Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. Insufficient sleep affects how likely a person is to help someone, ...

The concept of selfishness has been debated across philosophy, psychology, and biology. Is selfishness inherently destructive, or does it serve a necessary purpose? From an evolutionary perspective, ...

Anyone who has worked in the restaurant business will be happy to tell you that waiters always fight each other to avoid working Sunday lunch shift. Not because they want to sleep in, but because it’s ...