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Monte Wood

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

You can attract success versus desperately pursuing it. And I think attracting it by being a generous person is a much more rewarding way of going through life. So let's break that down a little bit. Relationships. Everybody knows that generous people develop relationships faster and more meaningful. Courage. Let's talk about confidence and courage.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

You can attract success versus desperately pursuing it. And I think attracting it by being a generous person is a much more rewarding way of going through life. So let's break that down a little bit. Relationships. Everybody knows that generous people develop relationships faster and more meaningful. Courage. Let's talk about confidence and courage.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

Most studies will tell you that it takes courage, it takes confidence to be generous. To do generous acts takes a certain degree of confidence. So you're actually practicing how to be courageous and how to be confident by being generous.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

Most studies will tell you that it takes courage, it takes confidence to be generous. To do generous acts takes a certain degree of confidence. So you're actually practicing how to be courageous and how to be confident by being generous.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

Mindset, let me ask you, do you think you will feel like you're more deserving of success if you're helping other people or if you're cheating other people in life? Of course, it's the former. Right. So you're going to feel like you're more deserving of life, so your mindset is better.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

Mindset, let me ask you, do you think you will feel like you're more deserving of success if you're helping other people or if you're cheating other people in life? Of course, it's the former. Right. So you're going to feel like you're more deserving of life, so your mindset is better.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

Trust, if you are really an authentically generous person with yourself, with others, with the world, do you think people will trust you more? And of course, that's a rhetorical question. The answer is yes, right? But the other thing is that your own emotional well-being, when you do generous... It'd be interesting if you ask ChatGPT, what are the scientific benefits... Of being generous.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

Trust, if you are really an authentically generous person with yourself, with others, with the world, do you think people will trust you more? And of course, that's a rhetorical question. The answer is yes, right? But the other thing is that your own emotional well-being, when you do generous... It'd be interesting if you ask ChatGPT, what are the scientific benefits... Of being generous.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

They'll show you all of these studies and all of these benefits. And listen, it's beautiful. But they're actually your body. The hormone levels change. The dopamine levels change. Oxycodone is released in the body when you're generous. So you actually are healthier now. when you're a generous person. So all of these things lead you to being a more generous person by helping others.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

They'll show you all of these studies and all of these benefits. And listen, it's beautiful. But they're actually your body. The hormone levels change. The dopamine levels change. Oxycodone is released in the body when you're generous. So you actually are healthier now. when you're a generous person. So all of these things lead you to being a more generous person by helping others.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

And knowing that is just a wise thing. It's not a selfish thing. I see generosity as a win. When you're authentically generous with somebody with no expectations from them, they win. There's no doubt about that. That's simple. But There are many studies that say when you're generous with somebody like that, they're much more likely to be generous with other people. It creates a ripple effect.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

And knowing that is just a wise thing. It's not a selfish thing. I see generosity as a win. When you're authentically generous with somebody with no expectations from them, they win. There's no doubt about that. That's simple. But There are many studies that say when you're generous with somebody like that, they're much more likely to be generous with other people. It creates a ripple effect.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

So the world is actually a better place when you're generous with somebody. If all of these things add up to you being more generous, then it's a win. The person you're giving to wins, the world wins, and you win. And that's why I believe it's a superpower. That's why I believe that generosity wins. And I'll tell you another thing.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

So the world is actually a better place when you're generous with somebody. If all of these things add up to you being more generous, then it's a win. The person you're giving to wins, the world wins, and you win. And that's why I believe it's a superpower. That's why I believe that generosity wins. And I'll tell you another thing.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

There's nothing as beautiful as going through life and creating success for yourself by helping others with no expectation, because in the end, You look back and you're just as proud. You're proud of what you did, but you're even more proud of how you did it. And there's a great happiness. There's a great joy that comes from being proud of how you lived.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

There's nothing as beautiful as going through life and creating success for yourself by helping others with no expectation, because in the end, You look back and you're just as proud. You're proud of what you did, but you're even more proud of how you did it. And there's a great happiness. There's a great joy that comes from being proud of how you lived.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

This goes back to our discussion about is it selfish to be generous to create your success? And I will tell you that I believe there is a tremendous return on generosity. The ROI, the return on investment for generosity, may be higher than any other human behavior that you can put in place. Now, you do not expect return from who you're being generous with, right?

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

This goes back to our discussion about is it selfish to be generous to create your success? And I will tell you that I believe there is a tremendous return on generosity. The ROI, the return on investment for generosity, may be higher than any other human behavior that you can put in place. Now, you do not expect return from who you're being generous with, right?

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

No exchange or return from who you're being generous with, or the group that you're being generous with, or the bathroom that you cleaned when you walked out. There is no return from the individual, but life gives you a tremendous return on your investment of generosity. There's a lot of philosophers that will talk about it. You can do research on karma.

Chief Change Officer
#147 Monte Wood: Generosity as Your Secret Career Hack (and It Works!) โ€“ Part One

No exchange or return from who you're being generous with, or the group that you're being generous with, or the bathroom that you cleaned when you walked out. There is no return from the individual, but life gives you a tremendous return on your investment of generosity. There's a lot of philosophers that will talk about it. You can do research on karma.