Generativity

As many of you know I am a big proponent of helping the poor and those less fortunate than us.  My reasoning behind this is first; I like to help people, and second; the bible advocates it to the extreme.  Well it turns out helping other people is also endorsed by modern science.  George Valliant conducted a thirty year study of 95 highly intelligent men.  After the experiment was finished Valliant compared the thirty most successful and thirty least successful men.  One major thing was found in the successful men that wasn't found in the unsuccessful men, generativity.  Generativity is the essence of giving back to society, through community service or helping others.  The experiment demonstrated that this is a good predictor of how successful a person's life was.  So, perhaps the bible knows what its talking about and you can fare better if you follow its teachings as it suggests.