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3 Reasons Why Giving is the Answer to Every Question This Year

John Mashni
7 min readJan 20, 2018

No matter what you are trying to do this year, you must do one thing: give more than you expect to receive.

“You will only be happy if you serve other people.”

‒ John Mashni Sr. (my dad)

There is only one way to be happy, according to my dad.

For years I have tried to think my way around this singular path, but so far, all attempts have failed.

Serving other people is the only way to be happy.

I was reviewing my goals for this upcoming year a few weeks ago. I realized that if my dad’s advice is true, then I need to be more intentional about it.

“Give more to get more.”

Plus, I have been listening and following to Benjamin P. Hardy and Richie Norton in the last few months. Both of them have recently focused on giving as the way to move forward. I am so grateful for their input.

Are You Serious?

“When you give something, just for the joy of creating, it always comes back on a much larger scale.”

— Ji Lee

Giving is the key to being successful? Doesn’t that seem against everyone’s traditional advice?

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John Mashni
John Mashni

Written by John Mashni

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