What's In It From Me?

What's In It From Me?

It is tempting to only look at life from the perspective of "What's in it for me?" not that we shouldn't consider the benefits to ourselves. However, there is another perspective as well. That perspective is "What's in it from me?" What you get from life is what you give. It is simply the Law of Cause and Effect. To truly realize what is in it for you requires you to give of yourself.

You can actually predict the answer to "What's in it for me?" by what you do contribute. If you give little of yourself you will get little back. If, instead, you give 100% of yourself, you will get that and more back. That is the wonderful part of the equation. What you give actually multiplies before it comes back to you. If you want there to be a lot in it for you, I suggest you make sure that life is getting a lot from you.

The really interesting thing that I have noticed from this process is that what you get doesn't necessarily come back directly from where you give it. Let me give you an example. Say that you help perform a random act of kindness to a stranger. Later, you find yourself in need and receive help, not from the person who you helped, but from someone else. You received back what you gave, but from a different source. This is how it works more often than not. Don't worry about how you will get paid back. Just know that you will.

(coach lee)