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But to get really, really big, to reach the kind of stratospheric success we’re talking about, people need to have
something on the inside, something that’s genuine.’
“All right. I’m going to share my Trade Secret with you now.” Pindar leaned forward a bit and softly spoke one word. “Giving.”
“Most of us have grown up seeing the world as a place of limitation rather than as a place of inexhaustible treasures.
A world of competition rather than one of co-creation.”
“here’s what you do get—You get what you expect.”
What you focus on is what you get.
Go looking for the best in people, and you’ll be amazed at how much talent, ingenuity, empathy and goodwill you’ll find.
“Ultimately, the world treats you more or less the way you expect to be treated.”
you’d be amazed at just how much you have to do with what happens to you.”
“I mean, the power to waste my time. Only I can do that.
“Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.”
THE LAW OF VALUE Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.
“Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.”
Your compensation is directly proportional to how many lives you touch.”
THE LAW OF COMPENSATION Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.
“Sometimes you feel foolish, even look foolish, but you do the thing anyway.”
Whoever said being anxious gets more accomplished?”
“They are the three universal reasons for working. Survive—to meet your basic living needs. Save—to go beyond your basic needs and expand your life. And serve—to make a contribution to the world around you.”
“most people spend their entire lives focusing on the first. A smaller number focus on the second. But those rare few who are truly successful—not just financially, but genuinely successful in all aspects of their lives—keep their focus squarely on the third.” Survive, save and serve.
“Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.”
“Because if you place the other person’s interests first, your interests will always be taken care of. Always. Some people call it enlightened self-interest. Watch out for what other people need, with the faith that when you do, you’ll get what you need.”
THE LAW OF INFLUENCE Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.
“The speaker at that symposium had said, Add value. I had nothing to add but myself. “And, apparently, that was exactly what’d been missing.”
“People, remember this: no matter what your training, no matter what your skills, no matter what area you’re in, you are your most important commodity. The most valuable gift you have to offer is you.
“You want people skills?” she repeated. “Then be a person.”
THE LAW OF AUTHENTICITY The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.
“Trying not to receive is not only foolish, it’s arrogant. When someone gives you a gift, what gives you the right to refuse it—to deny their right to give?
every giving can happen only because it is also a receiving.”
Because if you don’t let yourself receive, you’re refusing the gifts of others—and you shut down the flow.
THE LAW OF RECEPTIVITY The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.
The Five Laws of Stratospheric Success THE LAW OF VALUE Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment. THE LAW OF COMPENSATION Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them. THE LAW OF INFLUENCE Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first. THE LAW OF AUTHENTICITY The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself. THE LAW OF RECEPTIVITY The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.
