Evan Carmichael argues that real fulfillment comes from mentoring people where you used to be, not from small gestures. Guiding someone to transform their life delivers deeper satisfaction than any quick act of kindness.
Everybody wants to serve and help, but the ones who will help the most, the ones that we'll feel the most connected to, are the people who currently are who we used to be. It's great to buy a coffee, you know, for somebody behind you in line, or when you're driving like this, let somebody else in front of you. Those little acts of kindness, that's fantastic. It makes you feel good for the moment, but the deep fulfillment, the deep level of service will come from seeing somebody in front of you and seeing yourself in them, seeing yourself from 5 years ago, And then in you talking to them, you uplifting them, you start seeing the hope in their eyes, that lightbulb moment for them that they don't have to stay stuck where they're at. Because of meeting you, they can transform their life.
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