Hello Hive family✋😁 it's been awhile since my last blog. I feel good to write to you again.🥰
So, my friend made a post the other day and I chose to share the lessons here so my hive family can learn too.
Money is good, but it is not always the most transformative form of help. However, sometimes, the real value comes in giving people what will outlast money and keep them progressing long after the cash is gone. In fact, the best help is the one that helps them get more money and become less reliant on you.
Below are a few ways you can help without giving cash:
- Enroll them in courses that sharpen their skills or open new career doors. Knowledge cannot be taken away from them, and it keeps paying back over time.
- Offer clarity sessions with you if you have knowledge or experience they can benefit from. A one-hour conversation can save them years of confusion.
- Buy them books that you know will feed their mind, challenge their thinking, or give them practical steps forward.
- Get them tools or devices that make their work easier. A student with a laptop or a designer/creative with proper software has more advantage than one with just passion. You can get them a phone with better camera, lighting, and so on.
- Point them to resources like podcasts, online platforms, communities, scholarships that they might not know exist. Information is one of the most powerful gifts you can give.
- Introduce them to people in your network who can mentor, support, or open doors for them. One introduction can be life changing.
- Give feedback on their work. Review their CV, edit their proposal, refine their pitch deck, or give feedback on their ideas creative work. A thoughtful critique can help them improve faster than they would on their own.
- Create opportunities for them. Speak their name in rooms they cannot yet enter. Recommend them for jobs, collaborations, or platforms where they can display their skills. Use your influence to lift them.
- Give them your platform. Invite them to speak in your space, feature their work, or give them visibility. Exposure can open doors that money cannot.
- Teach them something. Sit with them and show them how to use a tool, write better, communicate better, or even cook a healthier meal. Skills compound over time.
- Gift them premium subscriptions. Pay for apps, platforms, or memberships that could upgrade their work. It could be Canva Pro, ChatGPT Plus, Inshot/CapCut Pro, or any software they need in their line of work. Access to premium tools can change their productivity levels.
- Encourage them to rest. Book them a spa treatment, or help with babysitting so they can breathe. Rest is as productive as work.
- Hold space for accountability. Sometimes people know what to do but struggle to stay consistent. Being an accountability partner can help them follow through.
- Gift them free or discounted access to your own resources. It could be your e-book, a mini-course, your private community, or even a seat at your event. Sometimes the best way to help someone rise is to open up what you have already built.
- Model what is possible. Your life can be a template. Live boldly. Share your story. Let them see what is achievable.
- Pray for them (and with them). For those who believe, spiritual covering is a deep act of help. Not all battles are visible, and not everything is solved with effort. Some breakthroughs come by grace. So, cover them in your secret place.
Which of the numbers is your favorite? What did I miss? Add them in the comment section