Top ways to add value to someone?

[Patrick Flanagan]

What are your tops things you do to add value to people and gain new relationships?

I’ve read how to Win friends and influence people 5 times now and it’s crazy how just being  genuinely interested in others and their life’s makes me friends every day. 

[Joe Splitrock]

@Patrick Flanagan I have read the book and took the Dale Carnegie course. It is an excellent education in how to deal with people. 

I think Zig Ziglar said it best, "You can get everything you want in life, if you just help enough other people get what they want." 

So many people are inward focused and even selfish. They fail to take time to understand what the other person wants. Zig was a firm believer if you start by first asking what others want, you will naturally get what you want. How you do that is by asking questions. That can be either asking someone directly or put yourself in their shoes and imagine what you could do to help them. 

The way I see it, there are four areas you can add value:

1. Financially - at a base level this is helping someone get more wealth, but there are many ways to this. 

2. Emotionally - this can be making someone feel good or preventing them from feeling bad, like releasing their stress or worries. This can be a friendship or any type of emotional connection.

3. Time - time is the only limited resource so if you can save someone time doing what they don't want to do, it frees time to do what they want to do.

4. Ideas - this can be a mastermind, a partnership, a mentorship, education, creative solutions, problem solving, a new business venture, a blog, a podcast or a book. 

I have just one question for you. How can I help you?