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Why Smart People Underperform

By Marie Forleo — 2014

13:57 min

Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone.

You can find deep, lasting happiness in a good deed that no one knows you did.

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Arthur C. Brooks
2021
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What Is Generosity? (And How to Be a More Generous Person)

Simple ways to be more generous to others.

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Tchiki Davis
2019
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True Generosity Involves More than Just Giving

Virtues such as generosity are complicated. They involve more than just outward behaviour. A person’s underlying thoughts, feelings and motives matter, too.

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Christian B. Miller
2018
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The Science of Generosity

This paper presents an overview of research on the science of generosity, predominantly focusing on studies from the past 20 years.

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Summer Allen
2018
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Giving Is Good—For Others, But Also for You

In addition to being a deeply embedded characteristic which is correlated with happiness . . . giving also has significant benefits for givers.

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Tracy Brower
2021
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Being Generous Really Does Make You Happier

Researchers say they’ve discovered that even thinking about doing something generous has real mood-boosting benefits in the brain.

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Amanda MacMillan
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Radical Generosity: Unlock the Transformative Power of Giving

Gratitude and generosity go hand in hand. The more we appreciate our lives, the more we want to give to others. In Radical Generosity, best-selling author M. J. Ryan provides tools for expressing thanks.

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M. J. Ryan, Sylvia Boorstein (foreword)
2025
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The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose

Determining why, when, and to whom people feel compelled to be generous affords invaluable insight into positive and problematic ways of life.

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Christian Smith, Hilary Davidson
2014
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The Generosity Factor: Discover the Joy of Giving Your Time, Talent, and Treasure

In the tradition of the bestselling book The One Minute Manager, authors Ken Blanchard and S. Truett Cathy, entrepreneur and founder of Chic-fil-A restaurants, present The Generosity Factor—a parable that demonstrates the virtues of generosity.

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Ken Blanchard, S. Truett Cathy
2010
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The Generosity Habit: How Daily Giving Can Change Your Life and Transform the World

MATTHEW KELLY’S BOOKS AND IDEAS have been inspiring men, women, and children of all ages for thirty years. Now he directs our attention toward a single idea that has the power to inject our lives with limitless meaning and purpose, while at the same time transforming the world.

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Matthew Kelly
2025
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