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M3:D76 Selfishness

July 28, 2008 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

  

What's on my mind today?

I got into an interesting discussion today about selfishness.  I was sort of surprised by the take of the other person on the topic.  We were talking in hypotheticals, so please don't jump to conclusions here.  The examples in this post are purely fiction and used for illustration only.

We discussed the interaction of two people.  Person A knows that Person B is having a hard time, so Person A buys Person B a small gift (like a teddy bear).  Person B accepts the gift and says thank you.  Person B then goes on to complain that Person A had never done something like that before and asks why not.  This leads to a discussion between Person A and Person B wherein Person B basically says that Person A is selfish.  Person A then lists a bunch of things s/he has done for Person B.  Person B responds by saying that is proof of how selfish Person A is because all s/he can think about is what s/he has done for Person B and not the other way around.

My take on this is that Person B is being extremely rude and selfish.  My friend believes that Person B is justified in their position because Person A shouldn't have brought up past things they'd done for Person B.  I believe that all Person A was doing was defending themself.  Person B was selfish because they couldn't just accept the gift in the spirit it was given.

All this lead me to think about our little Shredder community.  We are a very selfless lot of people.  Where else can you find people supporting each other and yet not really knowing each other?  Selfish people don't do that. 

 Accountability

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

I am traveling this week on Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and Thursday, so I moved Monday's lifting to Sunday, Wednesday's lifting to Tuesday and left Friday alone.  I also moved around my cardio (see the chart above).  I had a great workout.  I'm in a 5×5 stage and that means heavy weights.  I love heavy weights.  I am already feeling the Stiff Legged Deadlifts I did today.  I am going to have serious DOMS tomorrow.
 
Exercise the brain with the Thought of the Day!

Selfishness is rampant in the world, so do your part to defeat it by completing some random acts of kindness.

 
Get a discussion started by answering the question!

What do you find the most satisfying about accountability blogging?  Comment this post to answer the question. 
 

 
  

Mission 1, Day 76: Late! What?

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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