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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

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Don't Lose Your Status With Charity

The scholar Maimonides tried to put together a hierarchy of the goodness of charity. The lowest level, giving be gludgingly because people like us do things like this and you don't want to lose your status. Giving less than you should, but doing it cheerfully. Giving before you are asked. And finally, enabling the recipient to ultimately become self-sufficient.

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