How Your Good Deeds Travel 3 Degrees
Researchers at UC San Diego and Harvard have uncovered something pretty incredible about kindness: when you show generosity to a stranger, that act doesn’t just stop with them. Instead, it creates a ripple effect, leading to a chain of goodwill that extends up to three degrees out from you. So, when someone receives your kindness, they’re not only inclined to return the favor, but they also pay it forward to other complete strangers. It’s a beautiful reminder that our actions, even the small ones, can touch lives we’ll never know about. You might not get a thank you or even see the impact of your kindness, but trust that it’s moving forward and making a difference in ways you can’t even imagine. What do you think about this? Have you ever been kind to someone and wondered if it really mattered?
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Transcript
This is the Daily note from JamesaBrown.net Researchers at UC San Diego and Harvard put strangers in a room and gave them a chance to share money with people they'd never met.
Speaker A:When someone received generosity, they didn't just return the favor.
Speaker A:They helped complete strangers in the next round, and those strangers helped other strangers after that.
Speaker A:The pattern reached 3 degrees out.
Speaker A:Your kindness touches people you know, people they know, and people none of you will ever meet.
Speaker A:That's according to a study from the National Academy of Sciences.
Speaker A:And you'll never see it happen.
Speaker A:You'll never get a thank you.
Speaker A:You'll never know the chain you started.
Speaker A:You just have to trust that it moved forward.
Speaker A:What do you think of all this?
Speaker A:And have you ever been kind to a stranger and wondered if it mattered at all?
Speaker A:Let me know on jamesabrown.net on that note.
Speaker A:I'm James A.
Speaker A:Brown, and as be well.
