The Generosity Guy

"Charity begins at home"

Why this statement is wrong or at least misunderstood and why foreign aid is vital for Australia.

Yep, well I did read the comments and led to an uncomfortable place. But a good place to be.

Kids learn by osmosis. If you want your kids to be generous, guess what you need to do?

It's not often that stories about generosity make the news, but one where it cost so little? It doesn't make a great deal of sense...

You can learn from anyone.

That sounds great, but in reality, what does it take be to able to do that?

Where you are looking to gauge your progress is vital. Part of this is recognising what race you are running, and not comparing yourself to others who are running a different race.

5 Easy Steps:

1. Find an alignment in purpose

2. Work out what your impact will be and how you will measure it

3. Choose an organisation that will fit

4. Create a plan with that organisation

5. Stay Connected to it

Here are three reasons why your business should support a charity, and one proviso...

What works for me probably won't work for you, because we are different.

Season 6 kicks off with a look at what happens when we lack - it becomes the only thing we can focus on. But when we get enough, anything is possible.

How to make your enemy really angry, or perhaps restore them into a relationship with you.

Spoiler Alert - You will die eventually, but what will you do with your death to make a difference?

Sometimes it is helpful to have some language you can use in your everyday life to encourage your generous thoughts. Here are three of the best.

In a world of challenges and trouble, this is why we need generosity.

Pride in your own creation is normal, even encouraged. But not for this thing we made...

No longer are they the catch all for the world. What can we do about it?

Have any stupid people in your life? Here's how to handle it.

Is it as good as we think it is? What should we look out for with crowd funding campaigns?

We are more than just numbers, but numbers are a good place to start.

Is there anything that generosity cannot do?

It seems that the world is all bad, but things are better than we think...

I encourage people to focus their generosity to things they are passionate about, but we can still care about other things.

I didn't know I had an addiction. It was sneaky, but calling it out has helped...

I dream of the day when I am no longer needed. That is a day that world will celebrate.

Money won't make you happy, except for the times when it does, but those times are short and have a limit.

Sure, eating well and exercising can help, but being generous could be the secret ingredient for a long life.

It is good for so many reasons, including how it can help improve your mental health.

There are so many needs in the world. How do we work out which is the most important to focus on right now?

Each industry has buzzwords that get overused and loose their meaning.

With that in mind, what does development actually mean then?

Did you know that your IQ can change? Yep, it can when you experience tunnel vision.

To finish season 4 of the Generosity Podcast, let's talk about being selfish, and what hope we can find if we realise that we are self centred...

The Generosity Guy exists because of my own selfishness.

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How can you deal with rejection generously?

It happens to me all the time...

Things in our world are bad.

But are they as bad as we think they are?

When it comes to purpose, does it matter exactly what you are doing, or is it more about who you are when you are doing it?

Can it be both?

Things have changed dramatically in our world over the last 20 years. Yet, we get used to change so quickly...

It doesn't happen automatically, but it does happen and it changes peoples lives...

It was common in years gone by, but not heard too much today. Were people swinging more cats in 1990's than they are now or is there another reason the saying has disappeared?

"Charity Begins at Home" - What does that even mean?

When equality feels like oppression, it is important to introduce cake.

Take a moment and think about the things that you can do now. There was a time in your life when you weren't able to. You have learned and grown. So has our world.

There is power is saying I don't know, because it means more about the amount of options you have than it does about your ability to make a decision.

I thought my days of writing fiction was all behind me, but it turns out I still make up stories.

About people mostly, and their motives. The beauty is that I can still change the narrative.

Being a charity case sounds like a bad thing. We use it as a negative term, but who doesn't need a little help once in a while?

What does Philanthropy even mean and how do you become one?

What does this fictional character from a Christmas movie have to teach us about generosity?

Great question - let's find out!

Where were you born? Does that make a difference? Yes. 

Should it? No.

What do we do with that?

How do charities figure out where the greatest need is? With so many areas of need, the decision can be a difficult one...

Back for Season 4...

I have jealousy issues. A tough thing to admit to myself, but the impact that has on generosity in my life is too big to ignore.