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Selfishness, It's All About You

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Selfish : (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure. synonyms: egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, self-centred, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-seeking, self-serving, wrapped up in oneself, inward-looking, introverted, self-loving; That all sounds kind of terrible doesn't it? While only ever doing selfish deeds might indeed be some of those things, you shouldn't let it stop you making selfish decisions. I'm looking at a word with this meaning: Selfish : making a choice that is for the benefit of your own well being. As children we're taught that we should be nice to others and always be considerate. That's exactly how it should be. From the beginning our parents are there to make all our major decisions for us, but at some point we learn to fend for ourselves. As adults we're stuck with using our best judgement, and...

The Million Pound Question

So what would you spend £1,000,000 on if you had it? A house? New car? Luxury holiday? What if you only had a weekend to spend it all in? You can't give it away and you can't have anything to show for it at the end. No matter what I looked for I couldn't spend enough money... who has ever said that before!? I looked at shopping sprees in Harrods and Fortnum & Masons for perishable goods. Bottles of Perrier-Jouet Belle blah blah blah for £2,400 a pop. Patchi chocolates £200. Beluga Caviar £630 for 100g, I've never even had the stuff don't think I'd eat it, just open it and annoy some posh person. A leg of Iberico Bellato ham could be about £2,000. But even if I brought a small army I'm not even making a dent. So I went bigger. That's when I saw a website with private dining... and there was my key... private everything. "Renting" out a place for a private function. So... and these are only estimates... paying highest price on the...