Summary: <p>Listen to episode 73 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Improve Your Personality (Me Plus You). Edited and adapted from Laugh and Live by <a title="Biography" href="http://www.biography.com/people/douglas-fairbanks-sr-9290911">Douglas Fairbanks</a>. <br><br><strong>Self-Help Podcast Excerpt</strong>: <em>Nothing brings a greater self-reward than a service done in an hour of need, or a favor granted during a day's grind. The generous person who climbs to the top of the ladder helps many others on their way. The more we do for someone else, the more we do for ourselves. The stronger we become—the greater our influence in our communities. <br><br>Doing things for others may not bring in bankable dividends but it does bring in happiness. Such actions scorn a monetary reward. We have only to try this out to learn the truth for ourselves. A good place to begin is at home--then, the office, or wherever life leads us. In doing these things we will laugh as we go along—<a title="The Benefits of Laughing" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/the-benefits-of-smiling-and-laughing/">we will laugh</a> and get the most out of living. <br><br>Our little day-by-day kindnesses when added together constitute, in time, a huge asset on the right side of our ledger of life. We should start the day with something that helps another person get through THEIR day ... even if it isn't anything more than a smile and a wave of the hand. They will remember us for it....</em></p>
