THE GREATEST MONEY-MAKING SECRET IN HISTORY

OPEYEMI AKINSANYA

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• If you want money, you only have to do one thing. • It is the one thing some of the wealthiest people on the planet have

done and are doing.• It is the one thing written about in various ancient cultures and still

promoted today.• It is the one thing that will bring money to anyone who does it but at

the same time most people will fear doing it.

What is this one thing?

WHAT IS THE GREATEST MONEY-MAKING SECRET IN HISTORY?

GIVE MONEY AWAY…

‘ Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more. ’ - ANTHONY ROBBINS.

POWER OF GIVING• Giving is one of the most powerful principles of all time.• It is a wealth habit that must be practised to become wealthy.• It benefits us as much or more than it benefits those to whom we give.• It helps us to know that by raising the standard the living for the least

able among us, we raise our standard of living in turn.• Giving reminds witnesses and people around us that we are all

interdependent on one another for our care and well-being.

COMMON EXCUSES FOR NOT GIVING• ‘ I will give when I have reached a certain net worth.’• ‘ I need to save money for myself and for my family.’• ‘ I can not afford to give money, so I give time and services

gratis.’• ‘ I’d give If I knew where to give.’• ‘ I feel uneasy giving money. I do not know what they will do with

it.’• ‘ My donation is too small to make a difference.’• ‘ Poverty can’t be solved.’• ‘ I am in debt.’

FACTS ABOUT NOT GIVING• Not giving freely brings fear-bear thoughts and self-fulfilling

prophecies.• Your scarcity mind-set makes it harder to attract money and have

it stay in your life.

TITANS OF PHILANTHROPY (MEN OF THE 1800’s)

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (1839-1937)

• He founded Standard Oil in 1870, at the age of 31, and bought up most of the oil refineries in the United States, eventually controlling about 90% of the American oil business.• In 1924, he wrote to his son and explained his practice of giving away

money. He wrote, ‘‘In the beginning of getting money, away back in my childhood, I began giving away, and continued increasing the gift as the income increased.”• He gave away $ 550 million in his lifetime.• He was worth $ 340 billion in today’s dollar at the time of his death.• He was also the first American to acquire a net worth of $ 1 billion.• He was the richest American to have ever lived.

ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919)

• A Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American Steel Industry in the 19th century.• He made most of his fortune when he sold his Carnegie Steel Company to

JP Morgan for $ 480 million in 1901, acquiring a net worth equivalent to $ 310 billion in today’s dollars.• After selling his company, he dedicated his time to charity, giving away

the majority of his fortune during his lifetime.• He donated money to build over 2,500 libraries worldwide.• His final $ 30 million was then donated after his death.

TITANS OF PHILANTHROPY (PEOPLE OF THE 1900’s)

BILL GATES

• He is an American business magnate, investor, computer programmer and inventor who established his reputation as the co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company with Paul Allen.

• He has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavours, donating large amounts of money (approximately $28 billion) to charitable organisations and scientific research programme through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

• Today, He is constantly ranked in the Forbes List of the World’s Wealthiest People (with a net worth of $ 79.3 billion) and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2014.

OPRAH WINFREY

• She is an American proprietor, talk show host.• She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which

was the highest rated programme of its kind in history.• She is the most charitable celebrity, having given away about $ 400

million to educational causes and programmes for women and children.• Her net worth is $3.0 billion.• Dubbed the ‘ Queen of All Media ’, she has been ranked the richest

African-American of the 20th century and the greatest black philanthropist in American history.

COMMON TRAIT• They got money in part because they were willing to freely give.

Consequences• The giving led to the receiving.• The giving led to more wealth.

• Want to receive more? Then give more.• Giving makes you feel good.• The spiritual law of income seems to happen when you give money

freely to wherever you get your spiritual nourishment and nurturing.• Give, and give a lot, to be in the flow of life to receive.• You can get rich by giving but the only way to find out if this really works

is to actually do it.• Practice Joe Vitale’s magnetic principles: Give time and you will get time. Give products and you will get products. Give love and you will get love. Give money and you will get money.

SUMMARY

• Individual donations make a big impact.

• Do not beg for money and expect to get wealthy.

• Do not give money to beggars and expect to get wealthy.

‘ If ever there is a lack of any kind, whether it is need for employment, or for money, or for guidance, or even for healing, something is blocking the flow. And the most effective remedy :

GIVE ! ’ - ERIC BUTTERWORTH.