Posts Tagged ‘giving’

Rethink the Season of Giving

Next Thursday, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and other charities across the US will be fully staffed with smiling-faced, happy volunteers eagerly doling out food and other assistance to those whose need is greatest. Families across the country will come together in the spirit of giving, and will return home beaming with pride and contentment, knowing deep in their hearts that they have made a difference. It’s the finest side of… Continue reading

November 20 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: charity, christmas, giving, holiday, season, thanksgiving, volunteering | 17 comments»

How to Become an Outrageous Giver

she You should become an outrageous giver. An outrageous giver is someone who gives beyond expectations. If you are going to give more than others expect, you should also raise your own personal expectations. Lift your expectations about how much you are going to give both now and into the future. Set your goal to become an outrageous giver. WHY GIVE?

There are many reasons why you should give… Continue reading

August 10 2009 | By Danny | Tagged: abundance, giving, personal growth, self-improvement, thankfulness | 18 comments»

Improve Your Charitable Giving: Let Not Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Is Doing

According to virtually every religious and ethical tradition, meaningful charity does not draw attention to the giver, and dignified charity does not draw attention to the recipient. Here I will offer an economist's perspective on the Biblical injunction to "let not the right hand know what the left is doing" in charitable giving and will argue that this results in more efficient charity (meaning that it increases the bang we… Continue reading

June 2 2009 | By Art | Tagged: charity, economics, giving, Money | 13 comments»

Recognize Excellence to Make a Difference

It was Monday, December 29 and I wasn't happy. I had spent part of the morning at home working on odds and ends and another part of the morning at the office working on a book review and a few other things. I was in a funk because I'd forgotten to answer an email from a friend and mentor asking about having lunch today, I had a billion little things… Continue reading

February 23 2009 | By Art | Tagged: charity, criticism, feedback, giving, information | 1 comment»

Change your Mindset for a Great 2009: Create the Abundance Mindset

How do you do that? You give away what you got.It's not that complicated, really.Short on time?Some people are always running out of time - like it was cash or something. They run out of time and they're always in a panic to get things done.If you're always out of time, then do the sensible thing - give your time away. Does that sound crazy? Well, it might to… Continue reading

February 2 2009 | By Steve | Tagged: abundance, attitude, confidence, creativity, giving, mindset, prosperity, time | 10 comments»

The Lifehack 2008 Gift Guide

It’s that time of year again – time to sally forth in search of the perfect gift for the special and not-so-special-but-they’re-family people in your life. Given the economic situation this year, I made up a list with a few criteria in mind:

Nothing crazy expensive. Everything on this list is under $400, and most is way under. Sure, a 48-foot LCD TV would

December 1 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gadget, gift, giving, guide, Hannuka, Productivity, Technology | 13 comments»

29 Ways to Carry Out Random Acts of Kindness Every Day

The time has come when we cannot just rely on others to make the world a better place – each one of us has to do our bit.It is therefore time for people to be more and more aware about their Personal Social Responsibility (PSR).PSR is all about doing to others what you would like others do to you. It is about recognizing how your behaviour affects others, and holding… Continue reading

May 15 2008 | By Arvind | Tagged: giving, kindness, personal social responsibility, sharing, smile | 38 comments»

Lifehack Live for May 12, 2008: Author and Coach Arvind Devalia

Releasing this a day late. Monday was a holiday in Hong Kong, where our head office is, so there was nobody around to upload the podcast file. My apologies!

This week I talked with Arvind Devalia, author of Get the Life You Love and Live It, about finding your life's purpose and pursuing it. His new book, Personal Social Responsibility, is due out soon!

Thanks for… Continue reading

May 13 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: giving, Podcast, purpose | no comments»

Join Me at 10am PST Today for Lifehack Live! Today’s guest: Arvind Devalia

Join me live for today's recording of Lifehack Live at 10am PST. Visit the site and listen to the live stream, and call in during the show with your own questions and comments.

Today, I'll be speaking with Arvind Devalia, author of Get the Life You Love and Live It about finding and pursuing your dreams, giving back to the world, and personal and corporate social responsibility. … Continue reading

May 8 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: dream, giving, goal, Podcast | 1 comment»

Lifehack Readers’ Last-Minute Gift Suggestions

Last week I asked for your best last-miute Christmas gift suggestion and once again you came through. Usually I give my response to the question first, but I've already done that with my Lifehack Last-Minute Gift List for Productive (and Potentially Productive) People last Wednesday.

There's not a lot of time left for Christmas shopping, but there's plenty here for someone still shopping, even today! Here's… Continue reading

December 24 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: christmas, gifts, giving, last-minute, shopping | 5 comments»

How to Choose the Perfect Gift

It is almost Christmas and many of us are still scrambling around trying to choose the perfect gift for a friend or relative. What do they want? What do they need? What can we buy? We can spend hours in shops asking ourselves these questions. There is another way to select the perfect gift but it involves changing our perception of… Continue reading

December 18 2007 | By Tom | Tagged: christmas, Communication, gift, giving, relationship | 9 comments»