The Greatest
Money Making Secret in History by
Dr. Joe Vitale
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.
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.
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. 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.
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.
But what I'm
talking about here is individual giving. I'm talking about you giving
money so you will receive more money.
If there's one
thing I think people do wrong when they practice giving, is they
give too little. They hold on to their money and let it trickle
out when it comes to giving. And that's why they aren't receiving.
You have to give, and give a lot, to be in the flow of life to receive.
I remember when
I first heard about the idea of giving. I thought it was a scheme
to get me to give money to the people who were telling me to do
the giving.
If I did give,
it was like a miser. Naturally, what I got in return was equivalent
to what I gave. I gave little. I got little.
But then one
day I decided to test the theory of giving.
I love inspiring
stories. I read them, listen to them, share them, and tell them.
I decided to thank Mike Dooley of tut.com for the inspiring messages
he shares with me and others every day by email.
I decided to
give him some money. In the past I would have given him maybe five
dollars. But that's when I came from scarcity and feared the giving
principle wouldn't work. This time would be different. I took out
my check book and wrote a check for one thousand dollars.
Mike was stunned.
He got my check in the mail and nearly drove off the road as he
headed home. He couldn't believe it.
I loved making
him so happy. I delighted in giving the money to him. Whatever he
did with it was fine with me. What I got was an incredible feeling
of helping someone continue doing what I believed in. It was an
inner rush to help him. I still rejoice at sending him the money.
And then something
wonderful began to happen.
I suddenly got
a call from a person who wanted me to co-author his book, a job
that ended up paying me many times over what I given away.
And then a publisher
in Japan contacted me, wanting to buy the translation rights to
my best-selling book, "Spiritual Marketing." They, too,
offered me many times what I had given my friend as a gift.
A true skeptic
can say these events are unrelated. Maybe in the skeptic's mind,
they aren't. In mine, they are.
When I gave
money to Mike, I sent a message to myself and to the world that
I was prosperous and in the flow. I also set up a magnetic principle
that attracted money to me: As you give, so you will get.
Give time and
you'll get time.
Give products
and you'll get products.
Give love and
you'll get love.
Give money and
you'll get money.
This one tip
alone can transform your finances. Think of the person or persons
who have inspired you over the last week. Who made you feel good
about yourself, your life, your dreams, or your goals?
Give that person
some money. Give them something from your heart. Don't be stingy.
Come from abundance, not scarcity. Give without expecting return
from that person, but do expect return. As you do, you will see
your own prosperity grow.
Try it and see.
Joe Vitale is
the #1 best-selling author of "Spiritual Marketing" and
way too many other books and tapes to list here. See dozens of eye-opening
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