Helping One Another Succeed
There’s an infinite amount of money available, and we’re all entitled to a share of it.
“An INFINITE amount,” you say?
There’s a lot of money tied up in BANKS right now, as we all know. 
…But there’s PLENTY left for us. We just need to leverage our time and efforts to be able to get money flowing in our direction. (Or, for you who are here for charity, to get the money flowing in the direction of your dearly loved charities.)
Money, however, likes to flow. It is like a fountain… the water moving, changing, refreshing itself constantly. When held tightly in one place, water stagnates. Money does the same – and that’s not what we need. We’ll all be better off if we can help get that money flowing in all directions… to make a fountain of money… something beautiful to look at, be refreshed by, and to share.
There’s one great way to help that happen, and that’s to work hard at helping each other succeed.
A few days ago there was a phone conference for Giant Squids to talk to Seth Godin and Megan Casey. BDKZ (Bonnie) moderated, and we Giant Squids who could attend gathered in a chat room while listening to Seth and Megan answer some of our questions. A question I asked prior to the phone call was answered – it was “What can we do for Squidoo?” I wanted to know if there was something we could do to help make Squidoo a better site — to give back to this wonderful site and community that helps us so much. Megan’s surprising answer was that we should take a few minutes each day to promote someone else’s lens.
Someone else’s lens? Why????????
LOL
Seth explained that people tend to tune out a lot of self-promotion. I’ll bet you do that too. I know I do. But when someone plugs someone else’s site or book or Squidoo lens, people listen. When someone takes the time to point out someone else’s work, it is a signal that it is worth looking at.
He said that when the recommendation comes from someone else, it is much more likely that people will read it. When he promotes someone else’s book on his blog it sells three times as many copies as when the author promotes his own work.
This brings into play a whole alternate awareness of how prosperity happens. Too many people think that shouting “Look at me! Look at my lens!” is the answer, and it really isn’t. Self-promotion is boring! We all know that.
But this place, Squidoo, is a wonderful community adventure. A place where we can come together to help one another in many ways. Promotion is one of those ways that we should be helping each other.
I’m so excited about this. I like to promote other people’s lenses by Twittering about them, or adding them to Tagfoot. Ohhh, how I LOVE Tagfoot! I’ve also been known to plug other people’s lenses on my blogs. I really need to do that A LOT more.
I intend it, and so it is…
