Would you like to be given more free stuff by others?

Well today I'm radical personal finance, I'm going to share with you how that can happen for you.

And the answer is elegantly simple.

If you would like to be given more free stuff by others,

then you should become known as someone who is a good receiver of free things.

You need to become known as someone who can be given things.

Develop a reputation as somebody who values the things that others might give you.

You say, Joshua, what my difference does that make?

Makes all the difference in the world.

What I've learned is if you will develop a reputation as somebody who appreciates the good gifts that others give you, then people with good

gifts to give will enjoy giving them to you. I didn't always feel this way. When I was younger I had a significant

self-image problem. I lacked confidence in who I was and in the type of person that I was. I always wanted to appear to be

rich. I was the kind of person who wanted to not look like I was in need. And so I would

have been the kind of person who would have not wanted to receive things for free.

I was reminded of this year or two ago in some personal interaction with somebody that I know and this person is very broke

constantly throughout this person's entire lifetime they have always been broke they are

very poor at managing money and when I say broke I mean seriously

seriously broke. Always. And what was interesting is I watched always.

And what was interesting is I watched this person on multiple occasions over the course of a few weeks be offered gifts by other people that to me seemed like great gifts.

Much of it was food and this person didn't have money for food,

but yet they were offered gifts by other people.

But because this person has so much pride about their money and, hint, hint, hint,

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