Professor Adam Grant quoted a successful venture capitalist named David Hornik in his mind-blowing book “Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success”: “I discovered that I stopped going in to hear the speakers, and I would spend all my time chatting with people in the lobby about what they’re working on. The real value of these events was the conversations and relationships that were created between people. What if a conference was about conversations and relationships, not content?”
This is the value and energy of Beijing Commons, a volunteer-run organization consisted of friends who love to organize events that bring people together to share ideas with as many other people as possible, to generate discussions amongst young professionals, entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs. This is Giving in Action.
Personally, Give and Take has inspired me to always seek out opportunities to give, especially my time. If anybody needs to talk to somebody about anything at all, I’m here for you. And I’ll do my best to help you out. If I cannot personally help, I will do my best to direct you to people who can.
Fatbuddha