Are you a selfish partner? Before you answer, keep in mind there is a difference between being selfish and being labeled as “selfish” because our actions do not please or benefit someone else. If you ...

We are living in an age of selfishness. Many of us noticed an increase in selfish behavior during the early days of the pandemic. At the time, we may have written it off as a flash in the pan that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Being selfish has a bad reputation. We’re often taught from an ...

The concept of selfishness has been debated across philosophy, psychology, and biology. Is selfishness inherently destructive, or does it serve a necessary purpose? From an evolutionary perspective, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Selfishness gets a bad rep in most situations, but there are times when we ...

It was Matt Judy, an agent who represents PGA Tour players and who once represented Matt Kuchar, who put the need for selfishness among elite professional golfers to me most succinctly during an ...

The Dalai Lama once said, “If you would like to be selfish, you should do it in a very intelligent way. The stupid way to be selfish is seeking happiness for ourselves alone. The intelligent way to be ...

Climate change and poverty are "the sick fruit" of pride, selfishness and a "blind war" humanity has declared against itself and the planet, Pope Francis said. "An economy that kills, that excludes, ...

In the grand tapestry of human relationships, a certain degree of self-interest is natural and even necessary for survival. We all look out for ourselves to some extent. However, there's a distinct ...

Selfishness often receives a bad rap, usually associated with greed, narcissism, or moral failure. However, is it always destructive, or could it serve an evolutionary and ethical purpose? As our ...

Biologists have used one of nature's most prolific cannibals to show how social structure affects the evolution of selfish behavior. Researchers showed they could drive the evolution of less selfish ...