Of course, my mom taught me to be nice to people, my church reiterated it. It was confusing when I got into the business world & things weren’t about helping each other, it was about being competitive. I really think there is a better way.

I don’t know if I believe in karma, but I do think that what goes around comes around. So for the next month, I want to do something nice for someone everyday & see how it effects my business, & me as a person. I know of several books about business who recommend giving 10% of everything you own to charity. This makes it so you aren’t so attached to your money & see the big picture, which is apparently a good thing. Yes, I want to be able to support myself, but I don’t want to lose myself in the process. I’m way too awesome for that to happen See? I’m so excited by this experiment I used an emoticon.

I’ll share some of the experiences I have, some of them I will keep to myself. I do have some criteria for this experiment.

1. I don’t want to spend a lot of money & would prefer to give to people in such a way that it changes their lives, even if just a little. If a little bit of money will do that great.

2. I don’t want to make people co-dependent on me. My health & psyche just can’t handle it, & it seems to be a situation that I get into a lot. I want to give people skills & encouragement, not enable them.

3. Anonymous is best. I don’t know what the business books say about using charity work to advertise, but I want to try to do as much good as quietly as I can because it’s not about me, it’s about whoever I’m trying to help.

4. No sacrificing my health. I tend to take on too much, because I’m wicked awesome. I need to find ways to give that don’t completely disintegrate me.

Any suggestions of how I can accomplish this would be appreciated.

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