Archive Episode #55: Winning through generosity w/ April Shprintz

How do you make the leap from damage control to prevention?

What question should leaders be asking themselves?

What is the ROI of generosity?

These and other transformational questions are addressed when generosity guru April Shprintz joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilshprintz/

https://drivenoutcomes.com/

1:30 What are magic blue rocks?

We don’t always recognize how we can inspire others

Mindset makes all the difference

The power of authentic storytelling

6:30 The belief that life can be different

We can feel shame for circumstances beyond our control

When generosity becomes a reflex, it means nothing to us but everything to others

We don’t see what grows from the seeds we sow

In order to serve others, we have to see the bigger picture

14:15 Things in life happen for you, not to you

Working on how you view the world is the best thing you can do for yourself

What’s with the leopard print?

Dressing your truth

The sages’ lesson from the animal world

21:00  The ROI of generosity

Pour into your people, your clients, and your community

Symbiosis survives and thrives

When leaders don’t recognize their own resources

What are The 5 Questions?

27:00  Leaders need to ask themselves:  is your culture healthy?

The consultant as a member of the pit crew

How do you define “leader”?

Generosity should be a no-brainer

People who guard their “secret sauce” may have little that’s actually worth guarding

We’re in business to make ourselves obsolete

32:00 Is generosity a hard-sell?

When people are ready, then it becomes easy to show them the solution

Make the leap from damage control to prevention

You don’t have time?  You don’t have time not to!

Firemen are sexier than building inspectors

36:00 The word of the day:  Effluence

the action or process of flowing out; efflux.

something that flows out; emanation.

Effluence is close to affluence -- when we pour into others, we serve ourselves as well