Selfish ain't bad

(upbeat motivating music) - A really interesting and needed shift began in the business world some 30 or 40 years ago, away from a focus almost exclusively on the self towards an orientation about serving others. (uplifting music) We very often refer to this as servant leadership. So, what is servant leadership? At its core, it's all about seeking to help others first instead of yourself. It also involves being ethical, understanding how to listen, in general, being helpful. But it's over-arching theme really is about serving others and helping others before yourself. This new paradigm matters a lot. I mean, it supports great team comradery. It builds strong team chemistry. I think we can all agree we need more positive energy at work, right? Good stuff, but sometimes we adopt very needed ideas too blindly, too quickly, and sometimes we lose perspective. Some of you think that being selfish is just bad, I mean, you've been taught since you were a kid that you're not supposed to be so…