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now or never · 12-12-2008, 11:52 AM

The aim of this site is personal development. It's not easy to do, but it can be easier if we have signposts to help guide us. Now I accept that many people out there will have had an enlightening moment when they read that they needed to provide value to make money. One would hope this is also the first lesson any business school would teach.

Now somewhere along the line, during desperate times or whatever, maybe people do focus on cut backs and the "bottom line" at the expense of value. Nevertheless I'd like to think "smart" people know the importance of providing value anyway, and have hopefully been striving to do this prior to the article.

So now we come to an interesting point- does having plenty of money and free time offer a better starting point for offering huge amounts more value? I would argue yes. Think what value you could give with lottery winnings or with the income of a CEO? Surely Steve can provide better value to us all with his now abundant lifestyle than if he really was living on a park bench?

So if we can provide better value to the whole from an abundant point, then we are almost duty bound to get there in order to do the greatest good, both for others and indeed ourselves. Surely then it makes sense to also get the most back, from the value we put out, to accelerate our progress to that position in life?

I am not saying Steve is wrong, just that his article is incomplete. Defenders of this latest article are in two camps: camp one says that it's been eye-opening and they now realise they must focus on providing value; camp two claims this article makes motivational sense, but it is for us to interpret how we use it. However I bet there are many many more reading this article who know full well they need to provide value (somehow) but are still stuck.

So, once again I ask... What are the things in common that self made highly successful people have? Should we be making better use of networking instead of trying to go it alone with a coffee and self-help website? What are the ways of getting to a lifestyle that say Steve has, that does not depend on technology or more self-help ideas? In other words, as well as focusing on (as someone said, the airy-fairy stuff) what other practical things can we do to propel our growth and then give more to others and ourselves?

12-12-2008, 11:52 AM	#101 (permalink)
now or never Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Posts: 34	The aim of this site is personal development. It's not easy to do, but it can be easier if we have signposts to help guide us. Now I accept that many people out there will have had an enlightening moment when they read that they needed to provide value to make money. One would hope this is also the first lesson any business school would teach. Now somewhere along the line, during desperate times or whatever, maybe people do focus on cut backs and the "bottom line" at the expense of value. Nevertheless I'd like to think "smart" people know the importance of providing value anyway, and have hopefully been striving to do this prior to the article. So now we come to an interesting point- does having plenty of money and free time offer a better starting point for offering huge amounts more value? I would argue yes. Think what value you could give with lottery winnings or with the income of a CEO? Surely Steve can provide better value to us all with his now abundant lifestyle than if he really was living on a park bench? So if we can provide better value to the whole from an abundant point, then we are almost duty bound to get there in order to do the greatest good, both for others and indeed ourselves. Surely then it makes sense to also get the most back, from the value we put out, to accelerate our progress to that position in life? I am not saying Steve is wrong, just that his article is incomplete. Defenders of this latest article are in two camps: camp one says that it's been eye-opening and they now realise they must focus on providing value; camp two claims this article makes motivational sense, but it is for us to interpret how we use it. However I bet there are many many more reading this article who know full well they need to provide value (somehow) but are still stuck. So, once again I ask... What are the things in common that self made highly successful people have? Should we be making better use of networking instead of trying to go it alone with a coffee and self-help website? What are the ways of getting to a lifestyle that say Steve has, that does not depend on technology or more self-help ideas? In other words, as well as focusing on (as someone said, the airy-fairy stuff) what other practical things can we do to propel our growth and then give more to others and ourselves?