Givers & Takers
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What does it mean to be a giver or a taker?
Hello, my friends. Welcome to the Ryan Leak Podcast, where we keep things short and sweet. Each episode is around 10 minutes long, and I'm just here to give you a nugget of inspiration to add value to your relationships, the way you work, the way you lean, and the way that you live. Today, we're talking about the subject of givers and takers. Givers and takers.
How does generosity shape our lives?
When it comes to my life, when it comes to our marriage, when it comes to the culture of our home, when it comes to how we conduct business, how we treat people, one of the central values at the heart of everything we do is generosity. Generosity, generosity. We want to be the kinds of people that give more than we take. And it's not just something that we do. It's actually how we see the world. Yeah, I see the world through a lens of generosity. I see the world through a lens of what can I give away? That's what I want my life to be about. The reason for that is, is because I feel like that's how God is with us. I feel like God has given me so much that the only appropriate response is to live a generous life. You may not be a person of faith, but I certainly am. And when I look around,
at all of the blessings that are in my life, all the people that are in my life, I just think, man, an appropriate response is to be a giver, is to be one of those people that walks in each and every room and thinks to himself, hey, what could I give to this room? It shapes how our friendships roll. It shapes how we lead. It shapes how we show up for clients. It shapes how we think about our budget. It shapes how we think about the holidays and our church, absolutely everything. In fact, I love this proverb that's found in Proverbs 11, 24. In the message version, it says, the world of the generous gets larger and larger, but the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. I want you to think about that. A generous life expands your world.
What insights does Proverbs provide about generosity?
A selfish life shrinks it. One of my favorite books is called Give and Take by Adam Grant. It's one of my favorite authors as well. Not only just my favorite book, I think he's fantastic. And in it, he explains that the most successful people in the long run are actually givers. Not because they're chasing success, but because their generosity, well, it builds trust. It deepens relationships and opportunities that takers often miss out on. Now, a couple of weeks ago, I was actually doing a podcast with a friend. And after we stopped recording, he said something that absolutely blew me away. He said that he's got this friend who owns a funeral home. And the friend told him, every funeral, I can always tell if the person was a giver or a taker.
How do givers impact their communities?
He said the funerals of takers are always short. Because there's no stories. People are just kind of there out of obligation. Saying stuff like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Greg was a good guy. Yeah, yeah, we'll miss you, homie. And that's it. And then it's straight to the gravesite. But givers, ooh, he said you can't get people to leave because the stories keep coming.
What stories do we share at memorial services?
People want to talk about the ways that that person impacted their life. It's hours of people sharing about the love, the kindness, and the generosity that that person poured out into the world. They talk about the time that they were at their lowest and that person showed up with a meal, a check, or just a listening ear.
How can we live a generous life?
They recall a way that they always made time for them even when it wasn't convenient. They share about that person's generosity and how it made them feel seen, valued, and cared for in ways they never forgot. And honestly, memorial service talk doesn't make me sad. It actually makes me inspired. Because if I'm honest, I don't want a long memorial service. I want a three-day conference.
What role does generosity play in relationships?
I want there to be so many stories that they have to schedule breakout sessions. I want to line out the door of people who were impacted by my life. And if that's the goal, And generosity isn't just nice. It's necessary. If at the end of your life you want people to say amazing things about you, well, then you have to reverse engineer that and you have to start doing amazing things right now.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does it mean to be a giver or a taker?
0:00–0:23
2
How does generosity shape our lives?
0:23–2:13
3
What insights does Proverbs provide about generosity?
2:13–3:03
4
How do givers impact their communities?
3:03–3:27
5
What stories do we share at memorial services?
3:27–3:48
6
How can we live a generous life?
3:48–4:19
7
What role does generosity play in relationships?
4:19–4:46
8
How can you be a giver in your marriage?
4:46–10:26