Learning Abundance Through Facebook!?

Farmville

I LIKE TO THINK I’M A FAIRLY PRODUCTIVE GUY WITH FEW DISTRACTIONS. EVERY NOW AND THEN A GAME ON FACEBOOK WILL REALLY CATCH MY ATTENTION. THIS TIME IT’S FARMVILLE. IT HAS TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT SHARING AND INFINITE ABUNDANCE. LET ME EXPLAIN

So many games are about war, destruction or competition. The others are about puzzles, which to me are quite frankly, boring. People play games for all sorts of reasons, it’s social, it’s fun, its challenging etc. But what do we actually learn?

THE POWER OF GIVING

Everyone loves to receive gifts. It makes them feel good. (In fact, as I sit here, the neighbour brought around a chocolate cake). Giving is a very powerful mindset. It means “I have enough that I can give”, “I care enough to give”, “I am thoughtful enough to consider others”. These are very important beliefs.

Farmville in particular actually RELIES on you being neighborly and giving gifts. In fact, valuable parts of the game can only be received when you GIVE.

THERE IS NO COMPETITION

Let’s say I had a $50 note and I asked someone in my network for $50 worth of service. I give them the  $50 note. Then that person asks someone else in the network for $50 service. Also passing on the $50 note. Finally that person passes that $50 note back to me and asks for $50 worth of service. How many $50 notes were there? One.  Yet there was $150 worth of service rendered.

No more money is produced, an infinite amount of service can be created. Who is competing? Who is “losing”?

Who is better off? Everyone involved. Who now has less money? Nobody

You can continue this forever and everyone would receive service and not be a dollar less down. There is no scarcity or competition. No body loses in a community that continually renders services.

This is the same principle in Farmville. You have to give to receive points and cash. Which you then spend to expand your farm. In fact, the more you give in service, the more you receive in reciprocal gifts and service.

Another great little lesson is the more people you help out others, the more people notice you are active and particpate with you. You then receive even more attention and gifts.

It’s interesting because now that I play Farmville, more people are visiting my Facebook page.

So there’s proof that some games can be great teachers. It also proves that “givers gain” and the more you help others and participate, the more people are likely to help you out too. It’s a GOLDEN LESSON.

Here’s is what I learned from Farmville.

• The more you give, the more you receive
• Helping others makes you more successful
• Giving to one person doesn’t necessarily mean you will receive from that person. However, SOMEONE will definitely notice
• You also have your fair share of farm chores. You look after animals and crops too. But its fun to grow and nurture things