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Dr. Kayvon Eghbali of www.OnSiteCareUSA.com is our featured guest for April’s SMARTSTART|Giving 60-Second Spotlight.

Dr. Eghbali attended the 2008 Teleseminar Secrets reunion in San Francisco last month and had a fabulous idea for raising extra money to Kiva.org.

He arranged for two licensed massage therapists to be on site at the event and sold mini-massage sessions from the back of the room to all attendees who were interested in helping the cause in exchange for an unexpected treat.

Now that’s what I call “hands-on” support! Thank you for your creative contribution!

Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. It’s a simple thought, but a powerful one. I remind myself of it often, particularly when facing extreme challenges.

You see, I was called to serve in a roundabout and unexpected way hence the label “The Accidental Philanthropist” in recent media coverage of the birth of our “giving” story.

But the vision I share with Alex for the future of SMARTSTART|Giving is no accident; it’s a deeply inspired business strategy that began with “divine intervention”.

Actually, I believe it’s been a series of divine interventions, each uniquely designed to better prepare me to take on this important work.

How else can you explain the shift in circumstances that brought me face-to-face with former President Bill Clinton last November so I might have an opportunity to show him why Alex is the best person on the planet to lead the global marketing of philanthropy? (Time Magazine cover is a mock-up on Alex’s “vision board”)

And who could have predicted our innovative micro-fundraising program would be on the agenda for a meeting with Oprah Winfrey (thanks to Alex’s friend (more…)

How many times have you heard the phrase “money can’t buy happiness?” What if I told you new research released earlier this year proves money can buy happiness… if you give it away.

(Of course, if you’ve joined us in SMARTSTART|Giving, you’ve likely already experienced that.)

Jeanna Bryner, staff writer at LiveScience, recently put out an article (summarized here for you)