When someone answers a question you have or gut checks your work or refers your business to a friend, they’re not necessarily doing it to help.
They are, however, doing it to feel.
To feel helpful. To feel like a leader. To feel like they belong. To feel like they have authority. To feel like they can be counted on. To feel like an activist. To feel trusted. To feel affectionate. To feel gracious. To feel on the same level. To feel part of something bigger than themselves.
The only desire they have to do anything is when the doing is attached to a meaningful emotion.
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Product Marketer, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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