Post about "Looking Out For Number One"

Post about the book "Looking Out for Number One" by Robert Ringer. Click here for link to original post.

I really liked this review because it softened and broadened and made more comprehensive the view of the landscape of values systems, than did Ringer with his more brittle and colorless rendition.

Unless you have to, there is no reason to hang out and do business with others who don't seek win-win, or aren't willing to put themselves in others' boots and act accordingly. My modus operandi is that if you really want to look out for number one, toss the less self-centered people from your life IMMEDIATELY upon discovering their low moral setpoint, and move on. It's like playing gin rummy, and quickly getting rid of the cards you don't need.

That said, if you are a trial lawyer or other type of warrior, then, yes, you have to play the game as if the adversaries are liars and enemies. But, in much of life, that approach will limit your financial and emotional success. Better to, whenever possible, briskly and decisively exclude self-centered individuals, and stick with those who think big picture. Why settle for anything less? That's my way of looking out for number one. To do anything less is to choose to wallow in the mire of ethical low-lifes. It's like thinking you have to learn like people sh_ting in your living room. Who wants to live that way, anyway? (Answer: Those of you who think you HAVE to live that way.)
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