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The Secret to Beating Self-Centeredness - Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

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beautiful idea from the Lubavitch Rebbe. A woman came to him with a whole letter. Again, my memory is not so great, so I'm forgetting some of the details. Um he understood from this woman that she was focusing too much on herself. And he advised her, you know, when it should be any in any situation she'll be as she should find something she could do positive for others. You're at the table and there's no napkins, bring napkins. If the If you're at home and you have no cups yet, bring the cups. Do something that is for the benefit of others. Small things, keep doing that. She thought, maybe he didn't read my letter. Like, what does this have to do with my letter? And she she just and she uncovered and realized in the middle of the day he didn't He He read his letter so deeply that he got to the essence of what her problem was is she was too self-centered. And the only way to beat self-centeredness is to choose a different center than yourself. That's it. And make the center around you, the people around you. And it's it's repetitive actions.