
A short spoken exhortation by Ben Greenfield encouraging listeners to give away excess goods and wealth rather than hoarding them. He argues that people are remembered for generosity, not possessions, and offers practical suggestions (hosting dinner parties, donating extras, checking church needs lists, using living trusts/charitable accounts) while warning against the stress of holding onto unused items.
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Lets talk about giving and what you do and do not what you may or may not give. See, no soul departed this planet ever and looked back lovingly at the storehouses of wealth and silos of grain that they'd hoarded. Riches that you've amassed will rot and be forgotten once you die. Yeah, maybe they get passed on to family members, but people are going to remember you for how many fancy cars you left in your garage, the size of your vacation home, the money in your bank account, the meat in your freezer. So give it away. Give, give, give it away. Throw dinner parties, find hungry people, check out church needs list, post extras on social media. Furthermore, that which you do not give away you should ideally and intelligently preserve for future generations and charities via a well constructed living trust or charitable giving account. Don't fall into the trap of generating and collecting toys, belongings, food, money and the like and subsequently placing yourself under the unnecessary stress of trying to fig how to consume and manage and fix all your stuff. Instead, here's a tip for you. A big tip for you. When faced with the conundrum of trying to consume your things. Before your things go bad or rot or sit stagnant or lose velocity in a refrigerator or freezer or pantry or bank account, figure out how to just give it away or pass it along by preserving it for future generations. Either option is good, but just don't hoard it for the sake of prepping for a rainy day. You never know. If you think you've stored away too much and that you should consider giving some away, then you probably have. And you probably should. Alright, I'll say that again. If you think you've stored away too much and that you should consider giving some away, then you probably have. And you probably should again. No one ever died happy with hungry neighbors and a silo full of grain. What are you sitting on right now that you could share and what's holding you back from doing that today?
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