Improve Yourself by Helping Others

When you help others improve, you improve yourself at the same time.

Want to know the #1 strategy to improving yourself?  Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with placing attention on yourself at all.  The top approach is actually to focus on making others better.  That's correct, focus on helping other people is the key to your own personal success.

As a self-made sage, you know that you have the power to control your actions and positively influence your surroundings.  By turning your focus towards helping others become better, you put yourself in a position to become better yourself as well.  Here are some examples of the results you achieve when you focus on making others better:

When you present insights on a particular topic,
you're viewed as an expert.

When you show others how to do something,
you're viewed as a teacher.

When you share knowledge with others,
you're viewed as a good communicator.

When you engage others in a project,
you're viewed as a team player.

When you help others manage a situation,
you're viewed as a leader.

As you consider all the methods in which you strive to become a self-made sage -- the personal development courses, the literature, the networking, the studying, the mentoring, etc. -- the one thing that stands above all the rest is a commitment to helping others.  No doubt that the keys to success involve a disciplined approach to continual self-development, but when you're ready to put it all in to action make sure your focus is on others.

What are some ways that helping others has helped improve your life?