Comments on: Four Types of Capital http://aha-moments.com/2008/07/four-types-of-capital/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-types-of-capital Communicate, Catalyze, Communicate Wed, 12 May 2010 04:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill Sherman http://aha-moments.com/2008/07/four-types-of-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Bill Sherman Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:18:11 +0000 http://aha-moments.com/?p=110#comment-81 Joe, that's a great example, and you've hit upon one of the very key aspects within the four aspects of capital. You can shift capital from one form to another. More importantly, you offered to help your without strings attached. You offered to help--because that's how you work. You don't keep score or expect quid-pro-quo. You're naturally generous. If someone loaned money with the intention of "one day you will help me" that's a transactional deal (much like a bank makes a loan). In your example, you invested in people and their success--without any expectation. That makes the difference, and you'll often be pleasantly surprised by the results. Joe, that’s a great example, and you’ve hit upon one of the very key aspects within the four aspects of capital. You can shift capital from one form to another.

More importantly, you offered to help your without strings attached. You offered to help–because that’s how you work. You don’t keep score or expect quid-pro-quo. You’re naturally generous.

If someone loaned money with the intention of “one day you will help me” that’s a transactional deal (much like a bank makes a loan).

In your example, you invested in people and their success–without any expectation. That makes the difference, and you’ll often be pleasantly surprised by the results.

]]> By: Joe Franklin http://aha-moments.com/2008/07/four-types-of-capital/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Joe Franklin Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:46:33 +0000 http://aha-moments.com/?p=110#comment-80 A few years ago, I had a friend who was working on her MA in poetics. As you probably well know, there's usually not a lot of income coming in when you're working on advanced degrees. She had posted in her blog about some financial problems, and I had just finished a batch of eBay auctions. I offered to help her out, financially, with no strings attached. Now she's a PhD candidate in poetics out in NY, and has a book that will be released this year. By helping her out then, I strengthened our ties, and now I have more social capital in the publishing/creative writing arena. Hope this is what you meant! A few years ago, I had a friend who was working on her MA in poetics. As you probably well know, there’s usually not a lot of income coming in when you’re working on advanced degrees. She had posted in her blog about some financial problems, and I had just finished a batch of eBay auctions. I offered to help her out, financially, with no strings attached.

Now she’s a PhD candidate in poetics out in NY, and has a book that will be released this year. By helping her out then, I strengthened our ties, and now I have more social capital in the publishing/creative writing arena.

Hope this is what you meant!

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