Sometime ago fellow blogger Alex Shalman asked what I get out of serving. Since I’ve taking soo long to answer the question I figured I better have a really good response.

I’d like to be altruistic and super principled and say that serving is it’s own reward, however that’s not the complete picture. While serving others definitely leaves me feeling fulfilled there are other things at work.

Sowing and Reaping

One pretty important life principle to me is the law of sowing and reaping. (I know others may call it Karma or the Law of Attraction)There are returns to everything I do. If I’m building into other people’s lives then ultimately there will be a payback in my life. I don’t really serve for what I can get out of it but I know I will get something back.

I think this law plays out a lot in the blogverse. There are people that particularly demonstrate it. Three people that live this out most obviously to me are:

• Aaron Potts at personaldevelopmentpartners.com
• Liz Strauss at successful-blog.com
• Jonathan-C. Phillips at smartwealthyrich.com

These are friends who are constantly doing things for others and as a result, they themselves are benefiting. They don’t use people to get what they want. They genuinely devote themselves to seeing others succeed. They are great examples of the sowing and reaping principle.

Which leads me to the other benefit I get out of serving others.

FRIENDS and great connections.

’nuff said.

What’s your take? What do you get out of serving others? Why don’t we start a conversation in the comment section. Let’s talk!