Too much focus on yourself is not good, it tends to lead to selfishness, ego, and pride. However, it’s just as bad to ignore yourself, and not take care of your own needs. Just like on airplanes, where adults would put on their oxygen mask first before helping children put on theirs, so you too need to take care of yourself before you can help others. How? It’s a fact that you cannot help others in areas that you haven’t mastered or trained in, and if you aren’t able to model good behavior, how can you help others improve? So make sure to take care of yourself as you grow and develop to enable your efforts to help others.