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Egotistic: Thinking very highly of oneself; vain; boastful; indifferent to the well-being of others; basically... selfish.

Altruistic: benevolent; considerate; generous; humanitarian; kind; basically... self-sacrificing.

The Christian walk, to me, seems to be one of a lifetime of progression. It often begins with a highly egotistical view of life with a perception that "I am the center of my world. It's all about me". Then, as we allow the love of God to constrain us ( 2 Cor 5:14 ), we become less focused on ourselves and more focused on God; more interested in the welfare of others; more altruistic.

For me, a great place to start (and keep coming back to) in this process is to remind myself of the words of Jesus, when He said "I can of mine own self do nothing... I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father" ( John 5:19,30 ). That's humbling... Why should I think more highly of myself, than Jesus thought of Himself? I want to be more like Jesus :-)

"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith." ( Romans 12:3 )