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Matthew Bowcock is a 51-year-old philanthropist who sold his IT business in 2000. He says, 'There is only so much you can do with excess wealth. Blow it on toys. Use it to make more money -- which people in the City often do as it's all they know. Or you can have fun giving it away. So much valuable work is done at grassroots level.
The world's main religions all agree that giving your time and money is the surest route to personal fulfillment. You can diet, exercise and read all the self-help manuals in the world. But the happiest bunnies on the planet are givers, not getters.See the full content of this document
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How to Give
Ask any management guru, apostle, or Greek philosopher.
The world's main religions all agree that giving your time and money is the surest route to personal fulfilment. You can diet, exercise and read all the self-help manuals in the world. But the happiest bunnies on the planet are givers, not getters.'Give while you live' is the new mantra in modern philanthropy; there are, after all, no shops in the cemetery and much greater realisation of the adage: 'The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.' What motivates people to give? One is personal fulfilment. You might wish to prepa...See the full content of this document
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