The School of Greatness - 1050 The 7 Ways You Can Give To Others (For FREE)

Episode Date: December 25, 2020

“Whatever your dream is, use it to give your greatest gifts to people who need it and will love it!”With the holiday season upon us, it can be easy to equate gift-giving with something physical. But there are plenty of gifts that you can give someone that costs nothing but your time and effort! On today's 5-minute Friday, Lewis guides us through the seven gifts you can give to the world for free!For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1050Mel Robbins: The “Secret” Mindset Habit to Building Confidence and Overcoming Scarcity: https://link.chtbl.com/970-podDr. Joe Dispenza on Healing the Body and Transforming the Mind: https://link.chtbl.com/826-podMaster Your Mind and Defy the Odds with David Goggins: https://link.chtbl.com/715-pod

This is 5-Minute Friday! Theodore Roosevelt said, people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. I'm excited about this because it's all about giving. Giving to those around you is a powerful way to lift yourself and others up. And sometimes we get stuck in thinking about everything that we don't have, what we lack, what we want. When we instead think about what we can give to others, it can be truly powerful in manifesting

what you want when you start to give. I know it's maybe counterintuitive, but this is the secret. It's the key. And giving doesn't have to be about material things either. It doesn't have to be some big expensive gift wrapped in a box or something with money. It doesn't have to be that. That's why I'd like to share with you today seven of the best gifts you can give to other people. And every single one of those gifts costs nothing to give. The first gift you can give is friendship. There is so much loneliness today. There's so much surface level friendship.

And people could really use deep, meaningful friendship. It doesn't mean you have to go and meet tons of new people, but go and cultivate and create new friendships or deepen the friendships that you have. You could be that person who is a great friend for someone else who truly needs support, who needs the gift of friendship in their life. So just take some time to connect with people every once in a while and build that

deeper friendship. Number two is give positive energy. And there's just so much negative news, negative stress, negative drama in people's lives. They are filled with negativity and you can uplift them by being so happy and so positive around them that they have to be happy around you too. Give the gift of listening. This is number three. When having a conversation with someone, we can sometimes fall into the habit of thinking, well, what will I say next? Or what are they thinking about me?

Or how can I look smart around this person? Instead, just listen to what the other person has to say. I got to practice this all the time on my podcast to what the other person has to say. I got to practice this all the time on my podcast because sometimes I'm not the best listener. So I'm always trying to practice. So make sure you focus on practicing daily. How can I listen without responding? How can I be a great listener and give that gift to someone else? Number four, give a second chance. We are quick to judge, quick to write off, quick to cancel and cut people out of our lives. And this is tough because we're all going to make mistakes.

And you've made a mistake in your past and you're going to continue to make mistakes. And you don't want to be written off by people around you. So I'm not saying you have to, but it can be freeing to clear up any bitterness or resentment you might have with another person and give them a second chance. I know it'll be a massive gift to them. Number five, give advice. Now, sometimes people like to give too much advice, but you are an expert at something. And I'm not saying you always need to be giving advice.

You know, I think listening is a powerful way to give, but maybe you've got some skills you've been developing over the years that you could start helping others with with your advice. We could have the answer to someone's problem or solution, but we don't give it sometimes. So this is a balance in listening and giving advice, but it could be as simple as chatting with a younger friend or posting your advice online, but you can also turn giving advice into an entire business. It could be coaching, consulting, or making courses. This is something we've done at the School of Greatness.

The opportunities are endless when you have a desire to give your knowledge to others. So make sure you're sharing your knowledge and giving advice to others. Number six, give your best effort. One of the greatest gifts you can give ever is 100% your best effort. If the effort you save for things you deeply care about, when urgency is involved, and when something is on the line, that's when you've got to give your best effort.

What if you brought that level of effort to your relationship, to your business, to your friendships? People would feel like they mattered more than ever before. It truly is an amazing gift to see that someone else is giving their best effort when they spend time with you. And number seven, give your passion, skills, and uniqueness to the world. My friend, there is greatness inside of you and the world makes room for passionate people. They do.

It's your dreams, your hobbies, your gifts, your unique personality and set of skills that people are going to be interested in. It's the true you, the greatest version of you. And it's an amazing gift that you can give to people. But so many people are afraid to share it. So many people are insecure and holding back. And I'm telling you right now that holding back is not supporting you or anyone else around you. So I am giving you permission right now to share those gifts with what you have inside of you.

Start that blog. Write that book. Do that funny dance video that you think is silly but people are going to love. Whatever it might be, whatever your dream is, use it to give your greatest gifts to people who need it and will love it. There you have it. Seven of the best ways you can give to others that cost you nothing. Remember, giving doesn't have to be something physical. You can give your time, your care, your love, an open mind, or a genuine heart. You can give value, advice, and hope.

All that matters is that you get out there and give, give, and give some more. I'm so grateful for you. The best way you could give is share this with a friend. So do that, and you know what time it is. It's time to go out there and do something great.