Some 3 weeks ago a friend and I went on a walk.
A 40km walk, during one of the top 5 hottest and sunniest days that month, which took us over 8 hours to be more precise.
About 5 hours in—give or take—we came across a 75-ish man (he told us his age but I forgot the exact number) who was hunched over next to his parked car on the side of the road because he had a flat tire.
He seemed to be struggling to change his tire so we quickly went over and asked him if he needed any help.
I’ve never seen a happier man than him at that moment.
Apparently—this is what he told us—he’d been at it for close to an hour (if not more) trying to change his tire, with little to no luck at all. He had medical problems with his heart, was extremely tired, couldn’t even lift his spare tire anymore, and knew no one in the vicinity to come and help him since he lived in another country (we were close to the border).
Even worse.
This was a street with quite a lot of traffic (for the outskirts of town at least) and almost nobody even bothered to ask the man if he needed any help—and those who did didn’t know how to change a tire.
And don’t worry, this story has a happy ending because we quickly changed his tire, offered him some water, and helped him.
Now, while “learn how to change a tire” is definitely good life advice, that’s not my point.
My point is this:
Plenty of people all around you are struggling with problems at all times—most of which will never ask anyone for help (especially not men, let’s face it).
So it’s up to you to 1) reach out to people and offer your help to solve their problems and 2) actually know how to solve the damn problem.
The second part comes from experience, education, and specific knowledge depending on what kind of problems you help people solve.
The first part can be as easy as building an email list and mailing it daily.
For more information on how to do the latter, check out Email Valhalla here: https://alexvandromme.com/valhalla