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today I would like to talk about something that is known as the law of
reciprocity it's a fancy way of saying you scratch my backpack and I scratch yours you
could break it down as basically meaning whatever it is that you want to receive
if you go out and give that thing
then you'll receive it and it'll come back to you
and that has been really made clear to me over the past day
as you know I have my Indiegogoproject for my book start a revolution
book 1 death of the ego
I have received a few contributions from people for
projects and it's very interesting
the reasons as to why people have contributed. I have 2 people who saw the video that I put together
And they said that they were moved emotionally by it. They were so moved that
they thought to themselves, my gosh I just need to give this guy some money. That is fascinating
because what's going on there is that I have given them good feelings
or strong powerful emotions and because I've managed to touch them inside, they've wanted
to help me on my quest. I have helped them and as a result they have wanted to help me. But even on a
more sort of direct level
I also have a couple of friends who I am certain helped me out
because I've helped them out in the past. There is one friend who was working on a pitch for Samsung
couple months ago I sat down with him and helped him go through this pitch
I showed him everything he needed to do
what he needed to do in order to structure his proposal
so that it sounded absolutely irresistible to the people
he was gonna be sending it to. I did that not because I wanted anything back
I just did it to help him but then that meant a lot to him
and when he saw my Indiegogo project he wanted to help me in return
So he threw some money towards the project
which I wasn't asking for at all. I mean, I was but not directly from him
And I had another friend who was a little bit upset
a couple of weeks back. I helped her out as best I could
and gave her some advice that I hope she really got something from. And that same friend also
turned around and donated some money to my indiegogo bid
No matter what it is that you want to receive if you give more of that thing then
you'll start to get it back. If you want to have a fantsatic relationship with your girlfriend
or good friendships with your friends you can't wait or them to do it first
you need to do it first
If you want a brilliant relationship then be a brilliant partner
and you'll set the tone and then that person will notice and then it will come back to you
what you give out
you definitely do receive. It's uncanny
Most people think that by giving you're not being selfish
but it seems like you could give to be really selfish
because if you know what what you give will come back to you
then
then you could specifically give because you know it will come back
which is actually a bit of a paradox in itself. Finally I'd like to say please do
contribute to my Indiegogo project
the link is in the video description
and also follow me on twitter @ ciarancallam
bye