Too often we focus on WIIFM — What’s In It For Me. That’s too bad as there’s a whole lot more OUTSIDE of us than INSIDE of us. Don’t get me wrong, I believe 100% it’s absolutely critical that we always focus on looking inward and focusing on how to improve ourselves. However, often the fastest way to self improvement is via acts of generosity via the aforementioned external focus.
And the best thing about this external focus is that it comes with it’s own set of bonuses:
- Acts of generosity are normally free.
- They normally generate huge amounts of joy and happiness in others
- They simultaneously generate huge amounts of joy and happiness internally
- Fate has a way of rewarding acts of generosity in the most unexpected and delightful ways
If you want to have a little bit of fun try this experiment:
- For the next week have the first task of every day be “Reach out to someone for no reason at all and do something to make their life easier or better”.
At the end of one week decide if it was worth the effort. If so, repeat.
With that in mind:
What was your last act of generosity?
As always, thanks for the time.
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