The percentage of income donated by Canadians to charities is at the lowest point in 20 years, a recent study by think tank Fraser Institute shows. The study, titled “Generosity in Canada: The 2022 Generosity Index,” finds that Canadian tax filers contributed just 0.49 percent of their income to charities during the 2020 tax year—the…
Tiredness Can Change How Generous You Are: Study
What determines how generous you are as a person? Could it be how much money you have? How inherently kind you are? Or maybe it comes down to the values you hold. These are all reasonable assumptions. And, of course, how generous you are can change day-to-day. One factor affecting that daily inclination to generosity, according…
Boy, 5, Gives His 30 Cents to a Homeless Man, Inspiring a Chain of Kindness
In a tender example of generosity, a 5-year-old in Nashville, Tennessee, gave his 30 cents—which was everything he had—to a homeless man he encountered on the street. Justus Mateo Smith, 5, and his father, Justice, 40, encountered the man at a busy intersection, just off a highway exit, in the middle of rush-hour traffic. The…
Open Hearts Have Open Hands
When we’re generous, it’s generally something we do to benefit another’s well-being, but paradoxically, it increases our well-being as well. Being generous significantly boosts our mental health and sense of accomplishment in life. Besides all that, it feels terrific. Generosity Is a Lifestyle The Cambridge English Dictionary defines generous as “willing to give help or…
7 Simple Way Practice Generosity
‘Tis the season to be giving. If you are looking for simple ways to practice generosity, here are some ideas you might start with. You’re sure to find that not only does stepping up your acts of generosity bless the recipient, but the rewards come to you as well. It’s such fun and colors the…
The One Principle That Can Help You Transform Your Organization
By Aytekin Tank One of the movies we’ve become overly familiar with over the course of this pandemic is Groundhog Day—the one where, Phil, a self-absorbed TV weatherman, finds himself trapped in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over again. We’ve all been living this film; we’ve all been looking for a way out….
American Generosity: A Grand Tradition
Since my boyhood, I have admired many men and women from the past. In my younger days, most of these heroes were soldiers: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Audie Murphy, just to name a few. Later, my pantheon of heroes grew in scope and included luminaries like Booker T. Washington, Joan of Arc, Ignaz…
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The Nation Speaks (Jan. 23): Alan Dershowitz on the Perils of Impeachment; Finding Common Ground; Why America is the World’s Most Generous Country
In this episode, we talk to Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School professor emeritus and constitutional law expert, about the dangers of using impeachment as a political tool and the future of free speech in America. And in a time of deep divide, Dr. George Barna, director of research at Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian…