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If you want money, you only have to do one thing.
It’s the one thing some of the wealthiest people on the planet
have done and are doing.

It’s the one thing written about in various ancient cultures and
still promoted today.

It’s the one thing that will bring money to anyone who does it
but at the same time most people will fear doing it.

What is that one thing?

John D. Rockefeller did it since he was a child. He became a
billionaire.

Andrew Carnegie did it, too. He became a tycoon.

What is the greatest money-making secret in history?

What is the one thing that works for everyone?

Give money away. That’s right. Give it away.

Give it to people who help you stay in touch with your inner
world.

Give it to people who inspire you, serve you, heal you, love
you.

Give it to people without expecting them to return it, but give it
knowing it will come back to you multiplied from some source.

In 1924 John D. Rockefeller wrote to his son and explained his
practice of giving away money. He wrote, "...in the beginning of
getting money, away back in my childhood, I began giving it away,
and continued increasing the gifts as the income increased..."

Did you notice what he said?

He gave away more money as he received more income. He
gave away $550 million dollars in his lifetime.

Some people think Rockefeller started giving away dimes as a
publicity stunt to improve his image. That’s not true. The public
relations man who worked for Rockefeller was Ivy Lee. In Courtier
To The Crowd, a great biography of Lee, Ray Eldon Hiebert states
Rockefeller had been giving money away for decades on his own.
All Lee did was let the public know.

If there’s one thing I think people do wrong when they practice
giving, is they give too little. They hold on to their money and let it
trickle out when it comes to giving. And that’s why they aren’t
receiving. You have to give, and give a lot, to be in the flow of life
to receive.

I remember when I first heard about the idea of giving. I
thought it was a scheme to get me to give money to the people who
were telling me to do the giving.

If I did give, it was like a miser. Naturally, what I got in return
was equivalent to what I gave. I gave little. I got little.

But then one day I decided to test the theory of giving.

I love inspiring stories. I read them, listen to them, share them,
and tell them. I decided to thank Mike Dooley of www.tut.com for
the inspiring messages he shares with me and others every day by
email.
I decided to give him some money. In the past I would have
given him maybe five dollars. But that’s when I came from scarcity
and feared the giving principle wouldn’t work. This time would be
different. I took out my checkbook and wrote a check for one
thousand dollars.
It was the largest single contribution I had ever made in my life
at that time.

Yes, it made me a tiny bit nervous. But it mostly made me
excited. I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to reward Mike.
And I wanted to see what would happen.

Mike was stunned. He got my check in the mail and nearly
drove off the road as he headed home. He couldn’t believe it. He
even called me and thanked me. I enjoyed his boyish surprise. It
made me feel like a million bucks. (Note that!)


Source : Book By joe vitale, here "I" represents him.

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