Good karma advice from VC investor Brad Feld.
My general life philosophy has always been to “give more than I get” and hope good karma comes back my way over time.
Which brings me to one of my pet peeves that I call “keeping score”. If you’re busy keeping score of your daily interactions with people, you need to stop right now. Are you worried if “so and so” down the hall is giving you proper credit? Or who didn’t bring their fair share of food to the pot luck. It’s a losing outlook on life. It’s time to get reprogrammed. Forgive you parents, seek therapy, whatever it takes for a little more trust in your classmates, fellow workers or neighbors.
Geez, now I’m going to have to take some of my own medicine!
That’s not the same as ignoring the obvious, but in most other cases, the combination of Brad’s “give more than I get” philosophy combined with faith in your fellow man will yield great dividends.
