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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The 5 Steps of Giving | Happy Holidays

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The holiday season is a time for celebrating and giving, but it can also be a time of stress and conflict when it comes to gift-giving and receiving. However, by examining and adjusting your mindset towards abundance and scarcity, you can shift your perspective and turn this time of year into a truly meaningful and fulfilling experience. Science has shown that the act of giving to others releases "feel-good" chemicals in the brain, not only for the person receiving the gift, but for the giver and even those who witness the act. This is often referred to as the "helper's high," and it can bring about feelings of joy and satisfaction. Furthermore, adopting an abundant mindset and living a life of service can have numerous benefits beyond just the emotional ones. Research has demonstrated that volunteering and helping others can improve physical health and overall well-being, as well as foster a sense of community and connectedness. But the benefits of giving don't stop there. When we show kindness and generosity towards others, it can inspire a ripple effect, encouraging those around us to pay it forward and do the same. So, by embracing an abundant mindset and living a life of service, not only can you bring happiness and fulfillment to yourself and those you are helping, but you can also inspire a cycle of generosity and kindness in your community. For the full experience, go watch the full version on Youtube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode is from one of my favorite days of the year.

0:05.0

I love the holiday training on how to create and experience miracles every single day.

0:14.0

For the full experience for yourself, make sure you go to watch the full video on my YouTube

0:19.6

that linked in the description. We're going to go experience giving,

0:24.6

receiving and witnessing. Each team is going to get money and you can buy things for them,

0:30.1

you can give them the money itself, you can do whatever you want. We have to understand giving,

0:35.9

to understand miracles. We have to understand giving and understand that giving and receiving

0:41.2

are one and there's five different benefits into giving. The first, giving just makes us happy.

0:48.8

Giving creates happiness. It's that simple. The second, giving is good for our health.

0:54.7

Giving, receiving and witnessing it makes everyone happy and healthy. The third,

1:01.4

giving helps clear the interference. It allows us when we give to create contextual differences

1:09.2

between abundance and scarcity. Giving also evokes the greatest light, love and lesson,

1:17.1

which is called gratitude. How many times do we feel gracious when we give,

1:23.0

thankful when we receive or both when we witness it every single time? And then finally,

1:29.2

the fifth benefit of giving is its viral. It's viral in nature. Nothing is more viral than giving.

1:39.2

Someone sees you giving and then all I'm going to give and that's not pressure, that's not guilt.

1:44.6

We have so much to give to others. You don't need to give a lot to the people to make that

1:49.9

happy. It can be something small. We started the $20 and there was a UPS driver that pulled up.

1:56.1

So we said, here's $20, but if you want, we can keep the $20 and we can double it for the next person

2:02.6

that comes. So she said, of course, I want to wait for the next person, don't give it to me.

2:10.2

The next person comes. Same thing happens. He said, give it to the next person. So it was kind

2:14.3

of like a continuous chain. And then what was interesting too was the UPS driver waited there

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