How Helping Others Helps You (By Jim Symcox)

There's no doubt that helping people has been my life for many years. Right from the time when I was a programmer at British Aerospace and used to help my friends debug their programs to my business working with Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins as their business coach across the world.

The Huffington Post even reports on research that shows you're happier when you're helping people at work! More research also shows you live longer by contributing to others.

Of course, when I set out on my career I didn't know this research! I just loved to help people, which unfortunately when I started my own business meant I did a lot of work for nothing.

I learned my lesson - no food on the table - pretty quickly. However, that's never stopped me from helping people anyway.

The most exciting thing I found when I'm in the middle of something with other people is when they realize they can do more than they thought. A really lovely factor in coaching.

However, ultimately I realized I was only helping a small fraction of the number of people who could benefit from the knowledge and tools I had. So I wrote a short book (called Leap Ahead of Your Competitors) that was intended to help all the smaller companies with marketing and running a business. Because I wanted the maximum number of people to benefit I used to hand it out for free to those who couldn't afford my coaching but I knew would benefit from its contents.

Then I thought, part of the journey for any entrepreneur or business person is personal growth. A topic that is unseen but makes a huge difference to people, their families and people they know. So I decided to create a Facebook group called Personal Growth Tips to help people with their personal growth. If you'd like to take a peek it's at

Again, I didn't want to charge because my intention is to help as many people as possible to improve their current situations, but more than that I wanted their kids to benefit too. At the same time I know I'm not the fount of all personal growth knowledge! So I wanted to create a community that would help each other and grow together.

So, like I say the group is free to join and I'm looking at everyone who knows me to see who wants to grow and helps others do the same.

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Message From the Universe: Helping Others FIRST

                   

"The person who remembers they can always reach out and help others, never runs out of things to do, always has friends, and rarely needs advice.

"Give it away, give it away, give it away, give it away now,"

The Universe"

Learning to be there for others in their moments of need is an absolute quality. No one will ever remember someone based on how many cars they had, or how big their homes was. Most people remember the quality of character in a person once they depart. Be that person that everyone remembers. This is something that everyone should thrive for. Life is too short as it is, so building yourself a good reputation is definitely something you should work towards to.

We all have our own problems that we need to deal with on a daily basis. What makes you a better person is finding that to help others while you are still helping yourself. Helping others when time is convenient is not something to really be proud of, as it may be misconstrued as being bored. Everyone you will come across are facing their own challenges and will never reach out to you when they need help as it shows a sign of weakness. As they already feel bad for the situation they put themselves in, it takes a lot for them to ask for help. Notice the signs, the facial and body language and come up with your own conclusion. Being there for someone in need has its benefits. You will also feel great for your contribution to making someone's life better, even for a little bit.

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