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Doing Good with Charity?

In my class How to Be a Good Person, I asked the audience to tell me what they can do in their daily lives to be a good person One person said, don't do harm.  Another say, don't cheat. One say, do charity.  I asked him what is charity.  He said usually it means to donate money.  I told him charity means helping people when they need help.  It could be money or other things but not necessarily donation of money.  If they don't that help, that is NOT charity.  It is just your act of service.   I also told him that if he donates money, make sure that the beneficiary really needs the money.  If not, that donation is of little value to the beneficiary and is not really charity.  It is just for you to claim 2.5 times tax deduction.  There is almost no merit accumulated by you.   He asked, what can I do?  I told him, do charity in your daily work.  Being a Grab driver, I told him if you provide sincere heart-to-he...

The Biggest Charity You Can Do Today

The biggest charity you can do today is to do your role well.  We all come into this world with a purpose, and that purpose is to serve others by doing our role well .  You role could be a leader, a follower, housewife, businessman, employee or the government.  For when you do your role well, you can really helping others on a continuous basis.  Isn't this the biggest charity in the world? How to do your role well?  You need to work hard.  In this age of smartphones, many people think that working hard is stupid.  In fact it is not easy to work hard, for you have to not just use your body but also your mind and heart as well.   If you want to get rich, you need to work hard.  In fact, working hard is not the same as hardworking, as when you are working hard, you may not realize that you are working hard.  For  work has become a joy , and working hard is second nature as you are just fulfilling your calling. If you enjoy your...

The More You Spend on These 3 Things, The More You Earn

Discover how to be a better manager in just 4 weeks at here I just read this from the internet and couldn't wait to translate this to you.  This is the teachings from Li Ka-Shing, the multi-billionaire that is also the richest Chinese in the world from China's Hong Kong.  (See related article: A tale of 2 companies in Singapore at here ) There are 3 types of money in this world that the more you spend, the more you will earn.   First Type: Invest in Yourself for Self-Growth You must spend money on learning and upgrading yourself.  If we were to throw Bill Gates to a rural village in Africa and never give him any money, in no time Bill Gates will have money.  This is because the entire capital of Bill Gates lies in his wisdom and his brain. If your mind is poor, your life will be poor. In other words, putting money into your own head is the safest financial advise I can give to you.  You may say that what you learn may not be realized into gains...