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  • Giving It All Away...and Getting It All Back Again

  • The Way of Living Generously
  • By: David Green, Bill High
  • Narrated by: Milton Bagby
  • Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (360 ratings)

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Giving It All Away...and Getting It All Back Again

By: David Green, Bill High
Narrated by: Milton Bagby
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Join self-made billionaire David Green, founder of America's craft store giant Hobby Lobby, as he shares the key to building a powerful legacy: Generosity. In Giving It All Away...and Getting It All Back Again, Green unpacks time-tested principles that will help you reap the benefits of generosity for multiple generations to come.

In 1970, David Green began making picture frames in his garage. With hard work, he and his wife, Barbara, turned that humble beginning into the world's largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer, employing 43,000 people across 900 stores in 47 states.

But it's not all about business. Giving It All Away...and Getting It All Back Again - part memoir, part personal manifesto - will change the way you think about prosperity, teaching you that true wealth is about more than money. It's about growing your faith, your family, and your intellectual capital alongside your bank account.

Green also reminds us that it's not just giving that sets the foundation for financial freedom. Practicing good stewardship also helps us pass on our values and set good examples for future generations.

As Hobby Lobby has grown, Green has stayed true to this philosophy by adhering to three key principles:

  • Work with all your heart for God and not for men
  • Think ahead, but hold your plans lightly - you don't know what God has in store for you
  • Consider what you want your legacy to be

Follow Green as he invites you to see that a life marked by generosity can also be a life full of adventure - a life that pays the best rewards, changes the lives of those around you, and gives you the tools you need to leave a lasting legacy.

©2017 David Green (P)2017 Zondervan
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We need more generosity in this world. I definitely feel better when I am giving it all away. I would recommend this book.

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very inspirational

best book after the Bible , God bless Mr Green an his family. Thank you

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Fantastic..

Came across humble, open, honest and straight from a sincere heart centered in Christ. God bless you David Green !

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Great

This book was very helpful and insightful. I appreciated the candor with which the author spoke.

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Help to give it all away

This book has made me look at how I think about wealth. To remind me but God has it all and he’s only allowed me to borrow for a short while. Thank you so much for the resources to find deserving Organizations that need support to spread God’s word.

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Intentional living done right.

David offers hands on practical life advice for the first world. You realize the collective wealth, privelege, and influence each of us have. Our obligation to the next generation and why not to surrender to circumstances.

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Excellent family planning

His thoughts about family succession planning are excellent.
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Mixed

Great closing couple of chapters. The rest of the book could have been further condensed.

Such a personal statement that it would’ve been better coming directly from the author.

Still inspiring on several different levels. Lots of points for that!

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great

I really appreciate the insight provided by Mr green and hope to hear more from him

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excellent

i love it, the lessons are timeless and powerful. the narrator did an excellent job.

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