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How to be less self centered?

 
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Just wondering!
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Brief has issues. He pushes a raciest agenda. Complete right wing nut. Probably a Trucker in his mid 40's who is indoctrinated by talk radio. I bet he lives somewhere in the south - southwest.
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I'm 38 and have several businesses, one of which I do financial counseling for people in debt and who are ready to get out of the slavery and insanity of borrowing money...




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Your contacted by micheal savage to troll message boards that is your first buissness. Your second buisness is ownwer operator of a tractor trailer. Whoopdie fucking doo now stfu
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Brief has issues. He pushes a raciest agenda. Complete right wing nut. Probably a Trucker in his mid 40's who is indoctrinated by talk radio. I bet he lives somewhere in the south - southwest.
 Quoting: Legendary


I'm 38 and have several businesses, one of which I do financial counseling for people in debt and who are ready to get out of the slavery and insanity of borrowing money...




:Briefandyoungest:




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Your contacted by micheal savage to troll message boards that is your first buissness. Your second buisness is ownwer operator of a tractor trailer. Whoopdie fucking doo now stfu
 Quoting: Legendary


I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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Brief has issues. He pushes a raciest agenda. Complete right wing nut. Probably a Trucker in his mid 40's who is indoctrinated by talk radio. I bet he lives somewhere in the south - southwest.
 Quoting: Legendary


I'm 38 and have several businesses, one of which I do financial counseling for people in debt and who are ready to get out of the slavery and insanity of borrowing money...




:Briefandyoungest:




:kingsisland:
 Quoting: BRIEF


Your contacted by micheal savage to troll message boards that is your first buissness. Your second buisness is ownwer operator of a tractor trailer. Whoopdie fucking doo now stfu
 Quoting: Legendary


I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
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I'm 38 and have several businesses, one of which I do financial counseling for people in debt and who are ready to get out of the slavery and insanity of borrowing money...




:Briefandyoungest:




:kingsisland:
 Quoting: BRIEF


Your contacted by micheal savage to troll message boards that is your first buissness. Your second buisness is ownwer operator of a tractor trailer. Whoopdie fucking doo now stfu
 Quoting: Legendary


I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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Your contacted by micheal savage to troll message boards that is your first buissness. Your second buisness is ownwer operator of a tractor trailer. Whoopdie fucking doo now stfu
 Quoting: Legendary


I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
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Re: How to be less self centered?
Empathy is the key.

Practice placing yourself in other peoples' shoes.

Make an honest effort to try and understand a situation from another individual's perspective or vantage point.

To do this you must be able to temporarily disregard your own feelings/emotions in order to assume that of another.

Look at this endeavor as a challenge. It's a skill that you will refine over time. Practice.

The more you are able to step outside of your individual perspective and gain an awareness for the perspective of others, the less inclined you will feel to only identify with your own emotions/thoughts/perspective.

:goofy thum:
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This is great advice too.

Anhedonic: I find myself relating to, and being inspired by, a lot of your posts! Thanks for sharing your thoughts hf
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Agree! to Both posts!
hf

This advice will work for anyone willing to try it. Sadly, I have come to realize that some people are totally unwilling, or possibly cannot "walk a mile in another's shoes".
"You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep."
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Your contacted by micheal savage to troll message boards that is your first buissness. Your second buisness is ownwer operator of a tractor trailer. Whoopdie fucking doo now stfu
 Quoting: Legendary


I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF




This last several posts have DEMONSTRATED how we should all practice being less self-centered. We could all apologize for getting angry. We could stop using angry, F- words.
It seems to me that someone started hurling insults at another for contributing to the thread. Personal attacks are very selfish on the part of those who make them. Verbal wars are uncalled for when the subject is how to be less self-centered. Kind of ironic that this thread turned into a free for all
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Just wondering!
 Quoting: Legendary


Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. You will also then be assuring your salvation. This may be important considering that the age of mankind is wrapping up. Get yourself a 1611 King James Version Bible. If you wanna know how to be saved you may email me. [email protected].

Hope He leads you to eternal life.

Peace.
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Let's try to encourage it back on track...

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Another way to become less self-centered is to listen to good music (*she says as she begins to quote a song with same same name as her GLP profile*).

"Twirling round with this familiar parabol
Spinning, weaving round each new experience
Celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing
Embrace this moment" cool2
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Re: How to be less self centered?
Have a child
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Having a child is definitely the way to die to yourself and become totally unselfish!
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Just wondering!
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Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. You will also then be assuring your salvation. This may be important considering that the age of mankind is wrapping up. Get yourself a 1611 King James Version Bible. If you wanna know how to be saved you may email me. [email protected].

Hope He leads you to eternal life.

Peace.
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Then there is this guy!
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Changing this in a personality is a mind bending experience.
Becoming more giving is something everyone should work on.
Karma i guess comes back stranger in force so do positive and the more positive the outcomes are. This is what we all need to be doing.
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I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
 Quoting: Legendary


All the males in my family are geniuses, with the exception of my downs syndrome brother...and you?
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

Briefcut4892
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Just wondering!
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Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. You will also then be assuring your salvation. This may be important considering that the age of mankind is wrapping up. Get yourself a 1611 King James Version Bible. If you wanna know how to be saved you may email me. [email protected].

Hope He leads you to eternal life.

Peace.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29232836




This is the Way! Whether you get a KJV or New American Standard, when you have questions about the original meaning, get yourself an interlinear and see what the original language said, when there is doubt. KJV has translation errors, but then most versions do....after you really start digging in the Scriptures, then learn to check out the original meanings, as you will have questions about what was originally said or written.
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wow that was deep man bonghit
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Far out.

stoner

This is great advice too.

Anhedonic: I find myself relating to, and being inspired by, a lot of your posts! Thanks for sharing your thoughts hf
 Quoting: Parabola


That is very kind of you to say. Thanks for the feedback. : )

Your username also happens to be the name of an excellent Tool track.

cool2

We're ruled by our compulsions to a large extent, surrender to your sense of your higher power. Read the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book and work the 12 steps, apply it to any compulsion (irresistible urge to do something you can't resist) and you will be able to bring consciousness to all you do, that transcends self-centeredness.
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A couple months ago I was listening to a Coast 2 Coast interview and the guest was speaking about spirituality and he was a former alcoholic and was swearing by the 'Big Book' and how valuable/helpful it is. I'm not an alcoholic or anything but I'm always interested in the subject matter of self-help. Who wrote this book and how long is it?

Thanks.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


It was written by a founder of AA, Bill W, but the stories come from individuals who have been helped over the years by the program. You don't have to be an alcoholic to benefit from the wisdom of the program. As I said, any irresistible urge to do something you can't resist (sex/porn, shopping, yelling/raging, eating, smoking, dating compulsively, cleaning, enforcing rules, working, you name it) this book can be applied to. When we do something compulsively, it is coming from some kind of fear, which is a sign of an absence of faith. The book is mystical if you ask me, considering it and the program have allowed the worst of the worst cases to recover when no other program on earth offered them any hope.

PS, your post was very inspiring

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I have considered buying semi trucks, but why are you derailing your own thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF




This last several posts have DEMONSTRATED how we should all practice being less self-centered. We could all apologize for getting angry. We could stop using angry, F- words.
It seems to me that someone started hurling insults at another for contributing to the thread. Personal attacks are very selfish on the part of those who make them. Verbal wars are uncalled for when the subject is how to be less self-centered. Kind of ironic that this thread turned into a free for all
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Which is my point exactly...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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Re: How to be less self centered?
Just wondering!
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Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. You will also then be assuring your salvation. This may be important considering that the age of mankind is wrapping up. Get yourself a 1611 King James Version Bible. If you wanna know how to be saved you may email me. [email protected].

Hope He leads you to eternal life.

Peace.
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lol gimme dat chedda

funny email considering you're promoting the teachings of jesus christ.
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Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
 Quoting: Legendary


All the males in my family are geniuses, with the exception of my downs syndrome brother...and you?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Most of your postings are wrote with a very low intellect but it's brief and to the point. This is a thread about being less self centered and here you keep talking about yourself and bragging about your family. Try asking about my family or anyone else's family on this board do you really care about any of us that much to do so?
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Blaming others for your own actions is an act of being self centered. Now please go troll somewhere else.
 Quoting: Legendary


It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
 Quoting: Legendary


All the males in my family are geniuses, with the exception of my downs syndrome brother...and you?
 Quoting: BRIEF




Brief, you are a very responsible type of guy. You're in a contentious mood tonight....give it up. This guy wants to know how to be less self centered. Give him some help here.
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It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
 Quoting: Legendary


All the males in my family are geniuses, with the exception of my downs syndrome brother...and you?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Most of your postings are wrote with a very low intellect but it's brief and to the point. This is a thread about being less self centered and here you keep talking about yourself and bragging about your family. Try asking about my family or anyone else's family on this board do you really care about any of us that much to do so?
 Quoting: Legendary


I don't care to ask about a selfish motherfucker like you...go on with your insults, they mean nothing, except to verify that I am smarter than you...I know you hate it, because you are self centered, why else would you have made this thread?

Last Edited by BRIEF on 12/09/2012 12:11 AM
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I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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It's your own self-centeredness that won't let you stop responding to me...you are obsessed with me, and that is a very selfish attitude...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
 Quoting: Legendary


All the males in my family are geniuses, with the exception of my downs syndrome brother...and you?
 Quoting: BRIEF




Brief, you are a very responsible type of guy. You're in a contentious mood tonight....give it up. This guy wants to know how to be less self centered. Give him some help here.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29348293


The best help I can give him is to stop responding to me...people like him bitch about derailing their threads and they keep talking bullshit...just shut the fuck up is all that needs to be done.
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

Briefcut4892
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Then there is this guy!
 Quoting: Legendary

lolsign !!

Changing this in a personality is a mind bending experience.
Becoming more giving is something everyone should work on.
Karma i guess comes back stranger in force so do positive and the more positive the outcomes are. This is what we all need to be doing.
 Quoting: Legendary


Yes! We learn the most from the overcoming the most challenging obstacles. It's also beautiful that you've been sharing your experience with all of us. charlie
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It was written by a founder of AA, Bill W, but the stories come from individuals who have been helped over the years by the program. You don't have to be an alcoholic to benefit from the wisdom of the program. As I said, any irresistible urge to do something you can't resist (sex/porn, shopping, yelling/raging, eating, smoking, dating compulsively, cleaning, enforcing rules, working, you name it) this book can be applied to. When we do something compulsively, it is coming from some kind of fear, which is a sign of an absence of faith. The book is mystical if you ask me, considering it and the program have allowed the worst of the worst cases to recover when no other program on earth offered them any hope.

PS, your post was very inspiring
 Quoting: Isis One


Thanks for the additional info Isis... Is it available for download by any chance or does it need to be purchased? I'd be interesting in perusing it.
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Becoming less self centered involves relinquishing pride.
Pride makes us want to always have the last word.
We can all be less self centered by not always havng the last word; it's something we all have to work on. If we allow Jesus to be the force in our lives, then we can back away from angry situations.
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Have a child
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Very bad advice. You do not have a child in 2012 just to prove that you're less self-centered.
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Just wondering!
 Quoting: Legendary


The answer to your question depends on exactly what you mean by "less self centered" . . .

Are you mean and spoiled?

Do you intentionally cause trouble?

Do you engage in hateful/hurtful/harmful actions?

Do you just basically mind your own business and keep to yourself?

How do you feel about other people?

What are your emotions concerning animals and nature?

Do you respect the planet?

Are you productive and creative?

Are you an empath?
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Wow what a selfish act being obsessed over another person!
Are you stupid?
 Quoting: Legendary


All the males in my family are geniuses, with the exception of my downs syndrome brother...and you?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Most of your postings are wrote with a very low intellect but it's brief and to the point. This is a thread about being less self centered and here you keep talking about yourself and bragging about your family. Try asking about my family or anyone else's family on this board do you really care about any of us that much to do so?
 Quoting: Legendary


I don't care to ask about a selfish motherfucker like you...go on with your insults, they mean nothing, except to verify that I am smarter than you...I know you hate it, because you are self centered, why else would you have made this thread?
 Quoting: BRIEF


Take facts as insult's. I am self centered and that is why i made this thread. I do not want to be this way anymore so i thought i would get glp input on this subject and i am sure there are others struggling with this also. It's the holidays and someone people are going to get and not give and i have been one of these people. I need some good advice not some raciest baiting troll derailing my thread about killing millions in genocide. You sir are a fucking idiot.
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Re: How to be less self centered?
So...what's wrong with being self centered?





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