A selfish individual is someone who considers only themselves and is only concerned with their own personal gain.
Everyone is an individual before anything else. We all look out for our own best interests in every situation we come across.
Why is it a bad thing to seek personal growth before anything else?
Is it a bad thing to put yourself first and others second?
I think selfish only exists in particular contexts and can not exist on its own. Being selfish is gaining/profiting at other people’s expense (that is the only context the word exists in); otherwise if/when you don’t affect someone else negatively from a profit/gain it is not a selfish act.