"The secret to living is giving." - Anthony Robbins

You should put in a lot of your efforts on the acts of giving if your mission is to experience personal growth and outstanding success in life.

Zig Ziglar stated that you can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

So your focus should evolve around contributing as much as you can to as many people as you can reach to improve their lives. One helpful action can cause positive reaction. Whatever you pass on, you will receive back either from the same person or from others. Your reward may come immediately or at another time.

What can you offer?

• Kind words, advice and feedback.

Remove the need to become superior and take control. Help people learn about living by offering kind words, advice and feedbacks. Offer sincere views and gain the trust. Your words might turn out to be the encouragement that someone needs today to overcome her wounds. Your advice could inspire her to take the right action. The feedback that you offer could save her from making the same mistake.

• Attention.

Acknowledge the presence of the people in your life. Offer attention by listening to what they are saying. Learn to become more sensitive to their needs. Observe and try to understand the subtle messages they are trying to convey and touch their hearts by showing compassion. Lavish the important people in your life with compliments. Practice courtesy. Remember to say "thank you." Include hugs, smiles, kisses, calls or notes in your day.

• Time.

Invest your time to listen, to teach and to serve. It takes discipline and effort to build this virtue of being generous with your time but it is an important one to cultivate. Devote your time to visit the sick and lonely people. Create as many opportunities as you can to touch the lives of your children, spouses and parents because charity starts at home.

• Heart and soul.

Give your all and don't limit yourself. If you want love, give a hundred percent or more. If you wish to fill your life with joy and happiness, make other people happy. If success is your goal, help other people succeed and win. Whatever you do it, offer it willingly and with the greatest pleasure.

• Ideas and information.

People are hungry for ideas and information to make their lives better. Share and impart your knowledge to help people refine their thinking and get better understandings. Show them what they can do and how to do things. Assist them in bringing out their best to help build their confidence and esteem. What you teach, you learn.

What's in it for you?

The best returns from your deeds is what you become. Each generous act you perform is a personal victory. Even if nobody notices, you should give yourself applause for your contributions. The immediate satisfaction that results from your benevolent acts is happiness and a sense of self worth.

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