It is easy to see selfishness in others. Politicians, corporations, and governments all seem to be wallowing in greed. We decry the injustices in the world because of their avarice. We may feel powerless to stop this greed but the power to overcome is within each of us. The first step is to look within. The world we see around us is a mirror to the interior life we each live. What bothers us most about the world is what bothers us most about ourselves. Therefore, the first step to ending greed in the world is finding and ending it within ourselves.
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Carrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence.