Jennifer's example of put on you oxygen mask before helping others is a perfect example self preservation and as she rightly points out, if you can't help yourself you are of no use to anyone else. Self preservation is an essential skill for an entrepreneur.

Selfish would be taking your neighbor's oxygen mask and going back to reading your book. Unfortunately, a lot of people go through life this way.

You should network with the bizymoms Boulder community, the moms there would love your posts.

1) Back in Law School, my Contracts prof once asked our class a simple question, “What do words means?” After a fruitless discussion by the students, he simply replied “What we say they mean.” After that day it became a class mantra. The beauty of language is that it changes, for better or worse.
2) As you astutely point out, an equal outcome is not always a good or fair outcome. That is why in family law and in many other legal arenas, the aim is an equitable outcome rather than an equal outcome. Equity is aimed at fairness. So as you point out being selfish can be the best and equitable outcome for all parties because it is fair to all parties.

Thanks for the post.