11. The Law of Service

Your rewards in life will be in direct proportion to the value of your service to others.

We all make our livings and add meaning to our lives by serving other people in some way. We are all dependent upon thousands and millions of other people for the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the homes we live in, and the various elements that make our lives enjoyable and worthwhile. Our primary job as members of society is to find the best way to incorporate ourselves into the fabric of society by serving as many others as well as we possibly can.

The first corollary of this law is All fortunes begin with the sale of personal services.

There are almost five million self-made millionaires in America, including many people ...

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