It's OK to be Selfish....Some Times

Many years ago, when I worked in New Orleans I would volunteer quite a bit for Habitat for Humanity. I cherish the memories I have from my work there. One Day, a rather large regional bank was having a day where many of their people were volunteering. One of their corporate people was going around with a camera. He came to me and said "Meteorologist Howard Bernstein from WVUE is working today. Howard, why do you come down and volunteer for Habitat?"

I answered,"Because I'm selfish!"

He looked at me with a kind of puzzled look on his face. I could see that I had hooked him.

I then said, "Ed, I need to feel like I'm making a real difference in the world. That doesn't happen all that much with my TV job. But here, someone's whole life can be changed for the better. So, I come down and I feed my selfish needs to make a real difference in the world. I call that GOOD SELFISHNESS."