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Originally Posted by PrimaryErn  If service A resonates with you and service B doesn't, but both are things people want and need, and you choose to not do B, that is a selfish act. You are not doing something because of a concern of SELF. How else can you possibly define a selfish act? It's an act someone does out of self-based reasons. | Not true. You can't know why "I" might refuse to do service B. If I suck at service B and I might end up damaging someone if I try to do it, I won't do it. Doesn't doing a service that "resonates with you" mean that you have a special talent for it? And in such a case, you would only perform services that you can do well and decline to do services that you suck at and let others who have a talent for those do those.
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