Latest / The Daily Writer / How Can You Help?

Transcript

How Can You Help? · The Daily Writer

• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: Hey my friend, welcome to this episode of the Daily Writer Podcast.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: This is part five of our mini-series on dealing with jealousy as a writer.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: Jealousy causes us to be inwardly focused.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: The more that we fixate on what others have, the more angry, resentful, and bitter we become.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: But the problem with this attitude is that there's no way to be at your best as a writer whenever you're angry, resentful, or bitter.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: Those emotions are like an empty well that's dry and lifeless.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: They just suck the life right out of you.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: So how do you replenish your emotional well?
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Well, the answer is to stop focusing on what you don't have and start focusing on how you can help other people.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: It's natural to think of ourselves first.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_00: It's natural to think of what we need, what we want, and what we lack.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: But just as other people have things that we want, we also have things that other people want and need.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: And no matter where you are on your writing journey, there are always people who are right behind you.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: Helping other people and working on your own success are not opposites.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: They're actually two sides of the same coin.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: As Bob Berg and John David Mann wrote in their amazing book, The Go Giver, your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: As it turns out, the best way to help yourself is to be more generous with other people.
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_00: The key is that jealousy is rooted in taking and generosity is rooted in giving.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: Make sure to remember that.
• 1:33
  SPEAKER_00: Jealousy is rooted in taking, but generosity is rooted in giving.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: You can be generous to people in a million different ways.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: The point is to find some other person who you can help in some way.
• 1:44
  SPEAKER_00: It doesn't have to involve some big plan or even cost you any money.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: Just keep your eyes and your ears open, and you'll be surprised at the simple ways that you can help other people, particularly writers.
• 1:54
  SPEAKER_00: Now, since you're a writer, I would recommend that the very best place to start is by buying somebody's book and sharing it on social media.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_00: That's a simple yet very effective way to support another writer.
• 2:04
  SPEAKER_00: And in the process of thinking more about how you can help others, rather than fixating on what other people are doing and feeling bad about yourself, you can begin to transform your emotions.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question: who is one writer in your circle whose book that you can purchase and share?
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: I want to give you that very simple question today because it's tangible, it's doable, it's very, very simple.
• 2:26
  SPEAKER_00: Who is a writer in your circle whose book you can buy and that you can share on social media?
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_00: I want to take a moment to let you know about our daily writer membership community.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: You know, one of the very best ways to develop better habits and impact more people's lives with your writing is to spend time around other successful writers.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: So if you're tired of feeling isolated and chasing success on your own, then I know you're gonna love the daily writer community.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_00: For years, I searched for the kind of writing community that I would want to join, but I can never find what I wanted, so I created my own.
• 3:02
  SPEAKER_00: Some of the features include weekly writing sprints, monthly community calls, book discussions, calls with guest experts, and much more.
• 3:10
  SPEAKER_00: For more info, you can visit dailywriterlife.comslash community.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.