Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

LOOK FOR WAYS TO PUT IN
Here’s something very important that I learned. The great majority
of people, being selfish, are always thinking of how they can person-
ally and immediately gain from any interaction that they have with
other people. But this is not for you. Instead, your job is to look for
ways to put in.Your goal must be to look for ways to contribute.
This seems to be the strategy used by many of the top people.
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Over the years, I have worked with many wealthy men and women.
I will never forget a billionaire turning to me at the end of a meeting
and privately asking me, “Is there anything that I can do for you?”
Later, another man, worth more than $500 million, asked me the
same question: “Is there any way that I can help you?”
When I went to work for a man worth over $800 million, in our
second or third meeting, he asked me if there was anything that he
could do in his position to help me in my personal life. By that sim-
ple gesture, even though I could think of nothing, he earned my life-
long loyalty.
Over the years, I have observed that many of the most powerful
men and women, at every level of society, got there by continually
looking for ways to help other people.
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LIVING THE LAW
Here is one of the greatest discoveries of the ages:
The more you give
of yourself without expectation of return, the more that will come to you
from the most unexpected sources.
Most people think that if they do something good or helpful for
a person or group, their rewards should come back directly from
that person or group. But this is not the way the universe works.
When you do something nice for someone else, you activate the law
of attraction. Because it is a 
law
, you never have to worry about your
reward. As long as you continue to sow goodness, the universe will
take care of the reaping. Your good will usually come to you from a
completely unexpected source, and at a completely unexpected
time. All you have to do is be sure that you are continually putting
in. The getting out will take care of itself.
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THE BEST PEOPLE
As a professional speaker, I work with groups and associations all
over the country. Without fail, the best and most talented people in
every association are the ones who attend almost every meeting.
The top people are the ones who always take the time and make the
sacrifice to be there. They are the ones who always sit on the com-
mittees and volunteer to help in any way possible.