Generosity as a Business Strategy

This morning, I was listening to one of my mentors via audio CD while driving.

The person he’s interviewing said something very profound – which I know is very true. He said that generosity is a good business strategy. It’s a paradox: to become rich, you have to give. He explained it this way: if you are generous, you open your hand to give. An open hand is also open to receive.


I believe the above statement wholeheartedly. No…I don’t believe it…I KNOW it to be true. Based on my own experience – if I think of the money I am going to make FIRST …the money does not come. If I think of SERVING others first, then the money comes as a by-product.


A generous hand is a good business strategy because by serving first, the money follows. By providing tremendous value, you get paid generously. Wallace Wattles said that one of the secrets to becoming rich is providing more value than what you are getting paid. If you want to get paid $1,000 an hour, think of ways to provide $2,000 per hour worth of value. Then sooner or later, you will earn $1,000 an hour or more.


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