The Greatest Money-Making
Secret in History!
If you want money, you only have to do one thing.
It’s the one thing some of the wealthiest people on the planet
have done and are doing.
It’s the one thing written about in various ancient cultures and
still promoted today.
It’s the one thing that will bring money to anyone who does it
but at the same time most people will fear doing it.
What is that one thing?
John D. Rockefeller did it since he was a child. He became a
billionaire.
Andrew Carnegie did it, too. He became a tycoon.
What is the greatest money-making secret in history?
What is the one thing that works for everyone?
Give money away.
That’s right. Give it away.
The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! –
Give it to people who help you stay in touch with your inner
world.
Give it to people who inspire you, serve you, heal you, love
you.
Give it to people without expecting them to return it, but give it
knowing it will come back to you multiplied from some source.
In 1924 John D. Rockefeller wrote to his son and explained his
practice of giving away money. He wrote, "...in the beginning of
getting money, away back in my childhood, I began giving it away,
and continued increasing the gifts as the income increased..."
Did you notice what he said?
He gave away more money as he received more income. He
gave away $550 million dollars in his lifetime.
Some people think Rockefeller started giving away dimes as a
publicity stunt to improve his image. That’s not true. The public
relations man who worked for Rockefeller was Ivy Lee. In Courtier
To The Crowd, a great biography of Lee, Ray Eldon Hiebert states
Rockefeller had been giving money away for decades on his own.
All Lee did was let the public know.
P.T. Barnum gave money away, too. As I wrote in my book on
him, There’s A Customer Born Every Minute, Barnum believed in
what he called a "profitable philanthropy." He knew giving would
lead to receiving. He, too, became one of the world’s richest men.
Andrew Carnegie gave enormously, too. Of course, he became
one of the richest men in America’s history.
The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! – Joe Vitale – Page 13
Bruce Barton, cofounder of the famous BBDO advertising
agency and the key subject of my book The Seven Lost Secrets of
Success also believed in giving.
In 1927 he wrote: “If a man practices doing things for other people until it
becomes so much a habit that he is unconscious of it, all the good
forces of the universe line up behind him and whatever he
undertakes to do.”
Barton became a best-selling author, business celebrity,
contributor to numerous causes, and very, very, wealthy.
While some might argue that these early tycoons had the money
to give, so it was easy for them, I would argue that they got the
money in part because they were willing to freely give. The giving
led to the receiving. The giving led to more wealth.
I’ll repeat that:
The giving led to the receiving.
The giving led to more wealth.
Today it’s fashionable for businesses to give money to worthy
causes. It makes them look good and of course it helps those who
receive it. Anita Roddick’s Body Shop stores, Ben Cohen and Jerry
Greenfield’s ice cream, and Yvon Chouinard’s Patagonia, are living
examples of how giving can be good for business.
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