Whether you are a business executive, entrepreneur or individual, the most effective and authentic way to give is to contribute to causes that align with the mission/passion of your company, yourself, and employees.
Net Worth Insiders contributes a portion of their profits and time to causes/projects that are engaged in the economic well-being, health, and financial education of youth and young adults. |
Brands that align with social causes; brands that are focused on improving the state of the world, even as they make money, are brands that we respect.
-- Kathleen Matthews, former Chief Global Communications & Public Affairs Officer, Marriott International |
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Real wealth is unleashed in your life the moment you find something you care about so deeply, you will give it your all...even your life if necessary. This is the moment in which you will have truly escaped the tyrany of your own mind, your own fears, your own sense of limitation.
-- Anthony Robbins, Author, Founder of Anthony Robbins Foundation 
Money and wealth are two different concepts. If you have money, but have not turned this money into an experience to elevate your own or other people’s level of happiness, then you may very well only possess a lot of symbols and a mountain of very colorful pieces of paper.
-- Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba |
Millennials Expect Social Impact From Companies
"...particularly with the next generation...there is a very blurred line between work and life...and so they expect from their company, that they're going to be good corporate citizens and do good in the world."
Suzanne DiBianca, president and co-founder of Salesforce Foundation |
"Millennials believe the success of a business should be measured in terms of more than just its financial performance, with a focus on improving society among the most important things it should seek to achieve.
Survey by Deloitte of 7,800 Millennials in 26 countries NOTE: See page 6 to read quotes of Millennials' views regarding the impact of business on society. 
"Millennials are having a positive impact on our culture, workplace and government. 81 percent have donated money, goods or services...they always need to feel like they are touching someone and making an impact, regardless of their job title."
Dan Schawbel, Forbes contributor "91% of businesses are losing customers due to the lack of a social impact approach." Echo Global Study
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If you put charity on one side and for-profit business on the other, we see the beautiful hybrid models in the middle as the greatest opportunity of our lifetime.
-- Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group 
If you’re in the luckiest 1 percent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 percent.
-- Warren Buffet, Chairman/CEO, Berkshire Hathaway |
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