The Value of Social Capital

Social capital is as real as financial capital, and sometimes more valuable. 

You generate social capital when you help your neighbor repair a fence, or have your Sunday School class over for a barbeque, or join a bowling league. Any time you participate in the community, you are generating social capital, both for yourself, and for the other people involved. We don’t need to sacrifice our own interests to generate social capital. It’s not a zero-sum game. 

True wealth doesn’t come from cash, but from our relationships with the people around us.


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