Do Better More Often
Welcome to Issue 88 of Yath’s Blogletter, a newsletter where we explore mindful self-growth and navigating life.
Dear friends,
There's a well-known saying: what goes around, comes around.
In some cultures, this is taken more seriously within religion (e.g. karma) and in other cultures, it is just very well understood that we should always try to do good as then good things will come to us.
In another sense, we can view it as just: cause and effect.
However we want to define it, I've always acknowledged that doing good things repeatedly not only makes us a 'good human' but it also establishes with repeated effort in the eyes of others our good character and personality. This later manifests as people treating us with more kindness, wanting to willingly help us, and wishing the best for us.
It can be very simple things like offering to help a busy colleague at work or even holding the door open for the person behind us. In a video game setting, each act of good deed would generate XP or game points. In a weird way, we get to redeem achieved points later in life, although not always with autonomy. Sometimes we get to choose how it comes back to us, but most times we don't. The community or society in which we plant ourselves will acknowledge our acts of good favour and return these back to us in miraculous ways we can't foresee.
For example, at work, it may win you that new promotion over a talented but ill-mannered colleague. In life, it may boost your network of connections if more people actively welcome you and want to help you. In personal life, it may give you an extra sense of fulfilment/purpose.
I was always raised by my parents to do good and be good. But as I mature, I strive even more to make sure I am doing better more often. It may help me in the future, in a way I never imagined. Who knows?
Quote of the week:
People are typically more motivated to avoid losses than to seek gains; losing hurts more than winning feels good. This irrational tendency, known as loss aversion, is a cornerstone of behavioural economics.
(Indistractable - Nir Eyal)
Recommendation of the week:
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Thanks - be safe, be happy!
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