Giving begins everything.

Dale Carnegie once said "you are always getting what you are giving"

- Give what you want to get.

This is a challenging concept to live by. We have been brought up in a competitive society that says it's "dog eat dog out there," "survival of the fittest," "compete or die," "take what you want" or "get the business before someone else does." All of these old sayings are based on the idea that there is "not enough to go around" and yet is that really our experience? It wasn't all that long ago that the whole world's population was less than that of China's today and yet we continue to feed more and more people. In the sixties, I remember (I'm dating myself here) when the newspapers had stories weekly fretting about "how were the baby boomers going to find jobs? Where were they all going to come from?" and yet today over 95% of the US population is employed. (and that does not count those with two jobs or those who work under the table). The Universe is abundant. The sooner that we realize that there is plenty of everything, the sooner we are able to give without worrying how it will return. Giving what you want to get is about more than money. Money is certainly a big factor in most people's lives. You could experiment with giving what you want to get without using money to prove this Universal Law for yourself and in the process "Wake up" to one factor that is blocking your success, joy and happiness.

Whatever you want to get in life, give it first. Start with the end in mind. Think about anything you would like to get. You could start with your spouse or significant other for example. Let's say you wanted to feel understood then you would start by giving your spouse more understanding. Let's say you wanted "to be heard" at work, you would listen more, giving your undivided attention to all those around you at work. Let's say you wanted more friends, you would become more of a friend to others. Let's say you wanted more money, you would start giving more money. By giving more of all of the above, you would be changing and things change when you change. You could prove this concept to yourself in a short time without giving more money and then you could experiment with money in the same way. Give more, get more. Give without expecting a return, especially from who or where you give it. Just know that "what goes around, comes around" (remember that old saying?). Cause and Effect. What kind of harvest can someone who plants the seed of a "taker" expect in the long term? What would the eulogy of a "taker" sound like? Now that is truly starting with the end in mind.

If you died tonight, what would your eulogy sound like? Giver or taker? Which one sounds more powerful?

Giving what you want to get is more powerful because you cannot give what you do not have. Giving something has the power of faith behind it. You give something because you believe you have plenty to spare and share. The Universe assumes that you have plenty and this faith assures that you will get more. How do you feel when you give? People share in my seminars that when they give they feel great. Why is that? It is because that is how we are hard wired. Deep down we know the power of giving. Over time we are taught by a "lack mentality" that surrounds us that we have to "hang onto what we have worked hard for." Really now, do you know anyone who died and took it with them? How did hanging onto it help them? Everything in this world expands with giving. If we all started to hang on to everything we had tomorrow, what would the world look like? In a very short period of time, we would see super contraction. Imagine everyone holding on to everything that came their way, no giving. See how absurd? Get the picture? Relax, have some fun, loosen your grip, give what you want to get.

Unless, that is, you do not want more of anything.