#081: How to Grow Your Business by Giving

Serial Progress Seeker

At Serial Progress Seeker, we assign our success to the success of others. In this episode, you’ll hear some specific ways the team has built philanthropy into the foundation of a successful business and how anyone can follow the same path.

Notable links from this episode:

The “Magic Mushroom” article the guys discussed to kick off this episode is available here: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/02/health/psilocybin-magic-mushroom-depression-wellness/index.html

Some of the Serial Progress Seeker team’s favorite charitable organizations to support:

- Boys & Girls Club of America: https://www.bgca.org/
- American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/
- Lions Club International: https://www.lionsclubs.org/
- YMCA: https://www.ymca.org/
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: https://www.stjude.org/
- 4-H: https://4-h.org/
- Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
- The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
- Shoes for Souls: https://shoesforsouls.com/
- John 3:16 Ministries: https://john316thecure.com/
- Haven House: https://www.havenhousepoplarbluff.org/
- Great Circle: https://www.greatcircle.org/

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro
00:55 Severe Depression Eased by Magic Mushroom
04:50 Prioritizing Giving in the New Year
07:48 Assigning Your Success to the Success of Others
12:39 What Networking at Charity Events Did for My Business
17:10 How Donating Portions of Proceeds Can Push Sales
21:40 One Business-Building Hack that I Picked Up from Getting Involved
27:14 Examples and Results of Our Charitable Efforts
34:35 The Mindset Shift that Manufactures Success