The Power of Helping Others
00:00:00.000 | The best thing you can do is an act of service.
00:00:02.240 | And what I mean by that is help somebody
00:00:04.360 | who's struggling with the same thing as you.
00:00:05.560 | When I wrote Leader's Eat Last,
00:00:06.880 | I went and looked at Alcoholics Anonymous,
00:00:09.080 | amazing organization.
00:00:10.120 | Alcoholics Anonymous has a 12-step program
00:00:12.280 | to help you beat your addiction.
00:00:13.320 | Most people will know the first step,
00:00:15.000 | admit you have a problem.
00:00:15.880 | I don't have any friends, I don't know how to make friends.
00:00:17.580 | Okay, that's step one.
00:00:18.420 | But the magical thing about Alcoholics Anonymous
00:00:20.200 | and all of those 12-step programs is they know this.
00:00:22.440 | They have the data, which is if you master 11 steps,
00:00:24.620 | but not the 12th, you're probably gonna succumb
00:00:26.860 | to the disease.
00:00:27.700 | But if you master the 12th step,
00:00:28.520 | you're more likely to beat it.
00:00:29.740 | What's the 12th step?
00:00:30.980 | The 12th step is to help another alcoholic.
00:00:33.280 | Service.
00:00:34.120 | So don't worry about you.
00:00:35.140 | I got it.
00:00:35.980 | You're struggling to make friends,
00:00:36.800 | you don't know how to make friends.
00:00:37.640 | I got it.
00:00:38.480 | Find somebody you know who's also struggling
00:00:39.800 | to make friends and wishes they could make friends
00:00:41.480 | and help them.
00:00:42.320 | And the act of service of helping them solve the problem
00:00:44.160 | that you're struggling with will solve your problem.