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Paying it forward is the one thing on this planet that all 7.1 billion people can participate in. The one thing that allows anyone, no matter what their age, race, religious beliefs or where they live, the ability to make someone’s day better. It can be a family member, a friend, a stranger, a customer, maybe someone you see all the time at the gym – whoever you choose. It can happen whenever you want it to; there will never be a shortage of people who need help or even a little cheering up. It doesn’t need to involve money – all the pay-it-forwards that Sandi Mann carries out in the last chapter cost less than the price of this book. It doesn’t need to make you feel uncomfortable and it can be done for any reason. This world needs more goodness in it, and any reason – no matter what that is – is a good reason.

Goodness needs to make its way to the forefront of our society and it needs to be taken seriously. It needs to be on the front page of newspapers, at the beginning of the news on TV with big feature stories and not the last 30 seconds of the broadcast. It needs to infiltrate our homes, our schools, our companies, our shops, our families, our lives – every aspect of our world. It needs to become the thing we get addicted to, just like we did with Angry Birds. This book, which discusses the psychology of paying it forward, should help with getting the message out there.

Imagine 10 million kind acts happening today that did not happen the day before. Can you imagine what that would do to our world? This book is full of heart-warming, real-life examples of paying it forward that will inspire and motivate you to do the same. Paying it forward, random acts of kindness and doing good, is something we all speak of but not enough of us back up that talk with actions. We want our kids to grow up to be kind and respectful, yet our day-to-day examples may be showing them the complete opposite. When people see good, they do good, as the extensive research that this book draws upon so clearly shows. The world needs more goodness and with every kind act you perform, someone will be sure to notice it and do the same.

Together, we can all pay it forward and make the world a better place – one coffee cup at a time.

Charley Johnson, President of the Pay It Forward Foundation

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