Give it away

The business question I ask myself most often is this: What can I give away? What do I have, know, think, write, say that I can give away easily?

This may seem like a strange attitude towards business, but I believe it has been the key to our success in the Happy at Work Project – we have gotten an amazing amount of traction and good will from all the stuff we give away like our newsletter, articles, book reviews and more.

And here’s a cool example I found during a walk in Washington DC:

In my opinion, there’s something innately healthy about giving stuff away.

Here’s a previous blogpost, that starts with the decision that “I accept the idea that I should give everything away”, and then examines what implications this may have on how you work and live. One conclusion: Wealth is relationships.

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