Monte Wood

I helped employees grow out of our company because the best path for them was to go do something else. They outgrew the jobs they were in and the potential they had within the company. And I took great pride when they left and did something else. I'll give you a simple example. I have a very good friend who owns many franchise stores, Taco Bell franchise stores. He cares about his employees.

I helped employees grow out of our company because the best path for them was to go do something else. They outgrew the jobs they were in and the potential they had within the company. And I took great pride when they left and did something else. I'll give you a simple example. I have a very good friend who owns many franchise stores, Taco Bell franchise stores. He cares about his employees.

He actually hired somebody to come in and train his employees how to change their tires, how to balance their checkbooks. It has nothing to do with how to make a taco or how to service their customer. It's about caring for the person. And when you care for somebody, you create a connection. And that connection is really important in everyday life, but even more so in business.

He actually hired somebody to come in and train his employees how to change their tires, how to balance their checkbooks. It has nothing to do with how to make a taco or how to service their customer. It's about caring for the person. And when you care for somebody, you create a connection. And that connection is really important in everyday life, but even more so in business.

I'll give you a much grander example. Mark Benioff of Salesforce, the founder, CEO of Salesforce, started the company with the idea of giving a certain percentage of profit to charities. He supported many different organizations. But I will tell you, The most generous thing I ever saw was he could walk through a crowd of his employees and he always remembered their names. He showed them respect.

I'll give you a much grander example. Mark Benioff of Salesforce, the founder, CEO of Salesforce, started the company with the idea of giving a certain percentage of profit to charities. He supported many different organizations. But I will tell you, The most generous thing I ever saw was he could walk through a crowd of his employees and he always remembered their names. He showed them respect.

He let them know that he cared for them as people. We would have an event with 2,000 people and I swear somehow he knew all of their names. I'm sure he studied before he ever got there. But he truly cared about the individual, not just the job they did. And because of that, they worked very hard for him. They created tremendous success.

He let them know that he cared for them as people. We would have an event with 2,000 people and I swear somehow he knew all of their names. I'm sure he studied before he ever got there. But he truly cared about the individual, not just the job they did. And because of that, they worked very hard for him. They created tremendous success.

Andy Grove at Intel is another individual that I worked with, and I loved this man was so humble. You've heard stories probably of the great leadership and he literally reinvented the semiconductor industry and rejuvenated Intel, but he worked out of a cubicle. He drove an old Toyota truck and he didn't consider himself any better than anybody else in the company.

Andy Grove at Intel is another individual that I worked with, and I loved this man was so humble. You've heard stories probably of the great leadership and he literally reinvented the semiconductor industry and rejuvenated Intel, but he worked out of a cubicle. He drove an old Toyota truck and he didn't consider himself any better than anybody else in the company.

And he treated everybody as important. as the next person, whether they were a vice president or whether they were somebody in the fab making chips. And that is, that's not just doing generous acts. That's being a generous person. And I think they're two different things.

And he treated everybody as important. as the next person, whether they were a vice president or whether they were somebody in the fab making chips. And that is, that's not just doing generous acts. That's being a generous person. And I think they're two different things.

Let me define generosity. If you go online and search for definitions, they are all over the board. And most of the definitions of generosity focus on giving money, so philanthropy. But generosity is much bigger. So in the book, we actually defined generosity as any act of giving or kindness when done with no expectation of exchange or return from the recipient.

Let me define generosity. If you go online and search for definitions, they are all over the board. And most of the definitions of generosity focus on giving money, so philanthropy. But generosity is much bigger. So in the book, we actually defined generosity as any act of giving or kindness when done with no expectation of exchange or return from the recipient.

If you are doing this with no expectation of exchange or return from me... or from your audience, then that is a pure generosity. That is where the purest power of generosity comes. My guess is you're not doing your podcast because you wanna be famous or you wanna make a lot of money. My guess is you're actually truly desire to help people and make a difference in the world. And I appreciate that.

If you are doing this with no expectation of exchange or return from me... or from your audience, then that is a pure generosity. That is where the purest power of generosity comes. My guess is you're not doing your podcast because you wanna be famous or you wanna make a lot of money. My guess is you're actually truly desire to help people and make a difference in the world. And I appreciate that.

And that's a driving force for many successful people, right? There's a scientific study that says that humans are the only species that You are generous with those that they will never associate with or never meet. In other words, they're generous beyond their family, beyond their community, beyond those that they will ever know. That's a human trait.

And that's a driving force for many successful people, right? There's a scientific study that says that humans are the only species that You are generous with those that they will never associate with or never meet. In other words, they're generous beyond their family, beyond their community, beyond those that they will ever know. That's a human trait.

And that trait is actually credited with the helping of creating societies and even a global community of such.

And that trait is actually credited with the helping of creating societies and even a global community of such.