Best Ways to Give Back
You want to know how to “Give Back?” You want to broadly serve your fellow man? Solve the world’s problems one entrepreneurial endeavor at a time. Bring desirable product improvements to market, hire people, expand your operations, and increase economic growth throughout the community.
It’s not as easy as it sounds, and it doesn’t sound all that easy. The secret to creating new business solutions or product lines that people will love is discovering what people are doing inefficiently; the “pain” of wasted time, money, and manpower. If you keep your eyes open, think outside of your own experience, and question the logistics of the workings around you, you’ll be surprised how many improvements and new creations come into your vision.
Best Ways to Give Back
I began my path following the normal steps the “experts” give us all to get ahead. You know: graduate high school, go to college, get a good job, and climb the corporate ladder to some kind of financial success and stability.
OK, college was fun, I’ll give ya that. But the corporate life didn’t really appeal to me. So, I constantly kept my eyes open for any needs in the community that weren’t being satisfied by the market.
I first thought, “there’s no good deals left to be had. Smart people have already solved all the obvious problems out there. I’ll be lucky to find anything that really stands out.” Depressing? You betcha. But once I fought past my mental block, I tried something that helped me find the so-called “pain” out there in the market. It opened my eyes to possibilities I had no concept of previously. (Take note! This next thing may actually change your life.) I started my first “Idea Notebook.” Everyday I pushed myself to:
1) Find one product or service currently available in the market that I thought needed to be improved in some way.
2) Create one new product or service that didn’t exist to my knowledge, but that I wanted to see offered.
Best Ways to Give Back
All day long, I’d pay attention to anything I was buying, driving, eating, or using in any way to see if I could find some masterful improvement just on the precipice of being developed. At the same time, I’d think about what products or services weren’t out there in the world that people needed. Honestly, most of my ideas were downright awful, but because I was always thinking I eventually found one that could really make a difference in people’s lives and stand the test of time.
Serving people in the way they need to be served is truly “Giving Back.” Giving has to be about the people, and what they want and need. Be sensitive to that and you’ll have a real impact on your community.
