I was raised in a group home for 14 years, so I was a beneficiary of philanthropy. I didn't have a family. The nameless, faceless strangers were my family. They gave me an education, put food on the table and clothes on my back. I am who I am because of that formative experience. Now I am paying it forward.
I knew if I worked hard enough that I'd be successful and eventually give opportunities to others.
It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.
When you learn, teach, when you get, give.
You can never pay back, so you should always try to pay forward.
You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
No matter how successful you get, always send the elevator back down.
I am the recipient of many benefits that I do not deserve and did not earn. Someone else paid for them. I am grateful! How do I show my gratitude? By daily pouring into others and passing on to them the things that will allow them to run far and achieve beyond what I have done.
Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.
One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.
The gift of giving and paying it forward has always been traits I consider to be invaluable.
Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.
When you get a blessing, you pass it on.
Be known as a great resource. Are you an Excel genius? An expert on local restaurants? Fabulous at proofreading? Go beyond your job description by being an open resource for others in the company who could benefit from your talents. I believe that paying it forward will serve you well one way or another in the future.
With Sumthin Else Music Works, I wanted to spread the love and give newcomers a chance to make it because something that really helped me were all the people who had given me an opportunity when I was putting my career together.
If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
I always believe that you have to give back what you have learnt.
