I can’t imagine not thinking about other people, animals, the planet as I do things. Its funny though as with people close to me I sometimes get that im not empathetic enough but I think its because not only do I think of others when dealing with things for myself but also for my family or work and such. Are others more important than me or my family. well no but they aren’t necessarily less important. at least to them. yes my primary responsibility is to myself and next to my family and then to my locality and such. This is funny to as we have such a fairy tale romatic take on self sacrifice that one should put others above themselves but you have to think about long term ramifications of that. If you fall you will not be able to support your family or community so you have to really keep everything balanced. life is a marathon, not a sprint, and everything is interconnected so this balance is needed. Its one reason I don’t tend to start a haggle. I will propose what I think the most fair arrangement is and usually the other person will gage this as some super in my favor stance and just have a rediculous response and then its over.