Pay It Forward

I’m sure you’ve heard from someone that you need to pay it forward. What does this really mean though and why am I talking about it in a real estate and business blog? Well paying it forward is a great philosophy for your personal life and relationships and it’s even better for your business relationships.

This isn’t hard to do but you don’t see it all the time because people get a little bit of “what’s in it for me”. The premise of paying it forward is to do something helpful for someone or an organization without requiring any action by the receiver like payment or a reciprocal action. This seems a bit unnatural to some in the business field because they feel like it’s wasting their time. Nothing could be further from the truth!

When you do something for someone else without requiring a reciprocal action, you’re paying it forward and the benefits will become apparent. Business colleagues and clients will see you in a different light and lo and behold, guess what happens? Someone will remember the good things you’ve done and it will come back to you. There’s a trick here though. Somehow this law of “paying it forward” knows whether you’ve asked to be paid back up front or not. If you have, your payback won’t be quite as big. If you’ve truly paid it forward, it’s going to come back to you in a big way.

Think about this the next time you’re talking to colleagues, someone new in your field or when someone really needs your help…

So you didn’t think that I would talk about paying it forward and not give you an opportunity to do so, do you? Of course not. We have a great opportunity to do just that on Saturday July 18th with a great non-profit Motor City Blight Busters.

Meeting Time: 9:00 AM, Saturday July 18th
Meeting Location: Motor City Blight Busters parking lot, 17405 Lahser, Detroit

What are we doing?: We will either be knocking down a house or cleaning up a neighborhood!

What do you need to bring?: Blight Busters needs tools! There are thousands of volunteers a year that help Blight Busters in their mission and to continue letting them be effective, we need to have each person bring one of the following:

1. Sharp axes
2. Sledge hammers
3. Brooms (heavy duty)
4. Or a check for $20 made out to Blight Busters.

This is going to be a great event so make sure you put it on your calendar now!

Be a renegade,
Jared Pomranky

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