Someone Who Can Help With...

The one thing that keeps our world going around is the interdependence we have with each other. One person grows the food another needs, who offers her services to the next person. And so on and so forth the flow of value continues.

We use money as a standardized way of quantifying how much we give and get, but there are many daily things we do for each other in the name of support.

It’s by being on both sides of this energy - giving and receiving, helping and being helped - that we tap into true abundance. The truth is there’s more than enough of everything to go around, we just need to do a better job sharing it.

To facilitate this flow of value exchange, I have a simple two-sided statement you can use to tap into abundance:

“What I really need is someone who can help me with…”

It could be “What I really need is someone who can help me with building a website”… “With figuring out how to buy a house in a tax-advantaged way”… “With taking my kids to practice twice a week.”

When you finish the statement, you’ve identified your biggest personal deficiencies. You’re aware of the things you need to get what you want. What a powerful position to be in! And from there, you get to find the person who is perfectly positioned to help you with that.

Which brings us to the second part: What do you have to offer so that you can be that person for others? What skills, experiences, relationships, and perspective do you have that can help someone else get what they want? This is what you have to give, and you can offer it in a paid or unpaid capacity. 

Whether you’re giving or receiving, helping or being helped, the effectiveness of our interdependence depends on two things:

Clarity, both for what we need and what we have to offer…

And sharing, so that others know what you need and how you can help them.

Imagine the world where people knew exactly who could help them, and who needed their help. That would unlock abundance! That would fully facilitate the share of value, helping everyone get what they want.

And your first step in participating in that world is to practice it yourself. Know what you need help with, know what you have to offer, and start talking to more people about it so that the right solutions can get matched to the right problems.