As we enter the giving season what better way to start it off by being one of many recipients for Wells Fargo GA Giving Days Celebration.
Each organization received a contribution which honored not-for-profit groups that are doing great things in their perspective communities. Here are the names of the honorees for Gwinnett County DAYS OF GIVING: One group from Suwanee received $1000 donations as part of Wells Fargo’s Days of Giving. (L-R): Buddy Curry with Kids & Pros, Keith Fenton with Annandale Village, Dao Malaythong with the Laotian American Society, Carol Hassell with the Georgia Piedmont Land Trust, Sharon Burton with the Herring Foundation of Hope, Scott Chatman with A Titus Man and Angie Taylor with Wells Fargo. Some 240 Atlanta area groups are receiving the contributions in October.
A Titus Man organization was grateful to have been chosen by Ms. Sharon S. and the Wells Fargo Team. There’s no greater feeling than giving. Here are a few life lesson some successful leaders wish they had learned earlier the one that resonates to me the most is Giving Back.
1) Surround yourself with Great people, Leaders in your field and be Fearless in pursuit of game-changing ideas
Scott Weiss: “Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them. Aim high and be ridiculously persistent. Bill Ready: “Be Fearless. Don’t be afraid to pursue revolutionary ideas, and don’t hold back simply because you’re going up against seemingly unconquerable competitors in your market space. At Braintree, many of our competitors are huge, established companies in the market with market caps in the billions–but we’re not afraid of going after them.”
Suze Orman – “When you are starting out in your 20s, it is natural to think about all that you will have and do once you start making money, and making more money. That gives money way too much power over your life. It’s not about how much you make, but the life that you make with the money you have.”
In the end, we have to accept these are all material possessions and we can’t take any of them with us when we leave this world. However, people will always remember your character and how you treated them, so spend some time developing priceless attributes as integrity, honesty, empathy, kindness…etc.
3) Giving Back
Bill Gates: “Ideally people can start to mix in some philanthropy like Mark Zuckerberg has early in his career. I have enjoyed talking to some of the entrepreneurs about this and I am impressed and how early they are thinking about giving back – much earlier than I did”.
Those of us who are blessed with so much more, should be thankful and seek to help the less fortunate. Giving not only benefits the receiver but also the giver as well.The fulfillment you get from helping someone else is incomparable. It’s also a universal law. The more you give, is the more you receive.
Which life lesson resonates the most with you?