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Monte Wood

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Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — Part One

If you read up, if you pick up any book on success, there's a number of things they'll tell you that are going to lead to success. At the top of the list is always relationships. Close in relationships. Harvard just published their study, their 50-year study. And the most important aspect of happiness is for individuals out of their study was relationships, connected, close relationships.

Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — Part One

If you read up, if you pick up any book on success, there's a number of things they'll tell you that are going to lead to success. At the top of the list is always relationships. Close in relationships. Harvard just published their study, their 50-year study. And the most important aspect of happiness is for individuals out of their study was relationships, connected, close relationships.

Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — Part One

Now the self-help books are going to tell you confidence. Then they're going to say mindset. And then they're going to say trust. And then they're going to say your own emotional well-being. And I believe that being a generous person leads to all of those. So being a generous person leads to success. If you know that, then you have a North Star. You have something that you can focus on every day.

Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — Part One

Now the self-help books are going to tell you confidence. Then they're going to say mindset. And then they're going to say trust. And then they're going to say your own emotional well-being. And I believe that being a generous person leads to all of those. So being a generous person leads to success. If you know that, then you have a North Star. You have something that you can focus on every day.

Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — Part One

Most studies will tell you that it takes courage, it takes confidence to be successful. 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — Part One

Most studies will tell you that it takes courage, it takes confidence to be successful. 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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 chat gpt what are the scientific benefits Of being generous.

Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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 chat gpt what are the scientific benefits Of being generous.

Chief Change Officer
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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
#371 Monte Wood: Why Generosity Isn’t Just Noble—It’s Strategic — 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.