If you want to know how to keep a balance between being successful and giving back you must first define success. To me being successful is not about such things as cars, jets and large mansions, being successful is about time. Yes, money is part of it too but to me being successful really is all about time. What is the point of having money if you don’t have the time to go on trips or do something with your family whenever you want? Being successful is not just about how much money you have but also how much time you have. If you have time to do what you want and can still pay the bills then you have time to give back. Yes that’s right I said time to give back not money. I say this because if you give your time you begin to care on a much more personal level. There is always money floating around. Yes it seems as if there is never enough of it but money is not the real issue. If more people took the time to volunteer even for just one hour a week they would understand the problem on a more personal level. It is personal understanding which flues change. It is too easy to say you will give some money later if all you do is read about a problem. When you volunteer you get to know the problem and if it is one that stirs emotion in you then you have found your cause to become an activist for and if it does not stir emotion then you move on and volunteer somewhere else until you do find your cause. More passionate people are what the world needs, not people blindly handing out bits of money. Change the world one hour of volunteering at a time.
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