Posted on October 28, 2006
Filed Under Akimbo, Business, Ideas, Video Podcasts

Are you guilty of giving out of guilt? Do you guilt others into giving? I've done both, but am giving up those habits!

I was listening to the Gilmore Gang podcast yesterday, as Jason Calacanis talked about a new video podcast he is starting with Podtech. He has negotiated with his sponsors (and plans to do the same with his guests) to donate money from every episode to a private school in NY, to pay the way for foster kids in Brooklyn to attend.

Straight away people are stirring the guilt pot:

accusing him of trying to destroy the public school system
accusing him of elitism
thinking he should be doing more (he is talking a minimum of $50 - 100,000/yr)

accusing him of treating a few at the expense of the many.
Jeez! I so agree with Jason in this case. A gift is just that. A GIFT. That means the giver gets to determine the who, what, when, where, and why. I find some people who are genuinely caring get paralyzed from giving because they see such huge problems and think only grand sweeping (dare I say grandiose) gestures are worth doing. And they also try to guilt others into "doing something" to fix things. But I think that misses two points.

Point 1 - I already stated above. Point 2 - I think problems are more effectively solved on the local, personal level.

Margaret Mead:
Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Other people give because they feel guilty. I've done that a lot in my life. But I am trying to break myself of both habits so my giving is free of strings, free of guilt, free of investment. I think that is the most powerful type of gift.

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Comments
One Response to “Beach Walk #248 – Give without Guilt”
1. Phillip on November 1st, 2006 4:06 pm
  
  I've got to agree with you about Gilmore Gang. I'm an IT professional that loves these kind of podcasts but find them to be a little too cranky and condescending to one another.
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