Whether or not we are aware of the acts we have done, conscious or unconsciously we wanted something in return. I see eye to eye to this Andrew Carnegie quote. The reality of the situation is for every decision made; something has to be gained. If there wasn’t anything to gain, why even bother? We do it so well unconsciously; we rarely notice the advantages for making our decisions the way we do.
That observation may seem to strongly say how selfish people are, but it’s the truth. We may commit an act unconsciously and an argument can be made whether or not the person is responsible for that act. According to Andrew Carnegie, we wanted something that made us commit that act. A simple example is: when a baby is only a couple months old, they cannot speak and care for themselves, when they need something, the baby cries. The want of the baby made the baby commit the act of crying. Every choice we make is toward our own for self gain. How you define that is up interpretation.
An argument can be made, what about the people who make bad decisions all the time? What can they possibly gain from it? However stupid a decision is, it may be the feeling or the response the person get that satisfied the need for that action. It may seem illogical, but in a twisted way to that person it makes perfect sense.
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