The Gift of Paying It Forward

Tan Teck Loon, Brian

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When was the last time you received kindness from somebody? When was the last time you extended an act of kindness to someone else, and to what end? As it turns out, there can be tremendous merits and outcomes in paying forward a kindness received with a good deed to somebody else, especially when done out of gratitude. The concept of "Paying It Forward" is nothing new, but in our world, I believe we could do with more compassion and selflessness as it brings out the best in us.

The Art of Paying it Forward Without Spending a Dime

When we pay it forward we commit an act of selflessness that transcends our connection to other humans on the planet, elevating the human experience in a positive way. Whether it’s a showing of kindness, faith, or even compassion, it all makes a difference and can potentially trigger a chain reaction of reciprocated behavior.

The Power of Altruism

Classical economics adopts a model that says people are primarily driven by material self-interest. Political science assumes that people are driven to maximize their power. But this worldview is clearly wrong. In real life, the push of selfishness is matched by the pull of empathy and altruism. This is not Hallmark card sentimentalism but scientific fact: As babies our neural connections are built by love and care. We have evolved to be really good at cooperation and empathy. We are strongly motivated to teach and help others.

The Paying it Forward Paradox | Wayne Baker | TEDxUofM

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Tan Teck Loon, Brian

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Wong Lee Foon.Teacher

Brian Tan Teck Loon 是我 (Wong Lee Foon) 的保险代理人。以下是我给于他的评语: Brian Tan 为人和蔼可亲，有礼貌，尊重他人及长辈。他做事态度认真谨慎，办事能力强，服务效率高，能快速为客户解决问题。身为客户的我及家人，感恩他的帮忙。Brian Tan，感恩有你，真好! 👍👍🙏🙏

Engineer.Htun Myint Khaing & Family

ဘရိုင်ယန်နှင့်ကျနော်တို့မိသားစု သိကျွမ်းခဲ့ကြသည်မှာတနှစ်ကျော်ကြပြီဖြစ်သည်။ AIA ၌ မိသားစုလိုက် Hospitalization Plan အား ယခင်မိတ်ဆွေ၊ မဖောဝါ ထံမှ ၂၀၁၉ မှစတင်ဝယ်ယူခဲ့ပါသည်။ မဖောဝါ အလုပ်ပြောင်းသွားချိန်မှစ၍၊ ဘရိုင်ယန်နှင့်ဆက်လက် ဆက်သွယ်ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ ယခုတနှစ်အတွင်းဇနီးသည်၏ကျန်းမာရေးချို့ယွင်းလာ၍၊ ဆေးရုံ၌ပြသရာ၊ သည်းခြေ၌ ကျောက်တည်၍ခွဲစိတ်ကုသခဲ့ရပါသည်။ ကုသမှု့အောင်မြင်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ ဆေးရုံမှ ဆင်းသည့်နေ့မှစ၍ စာရွက်စာတန်းများ ပေးအပ်ကာ၊ AIA မှ အာမခံလျှော်ကြေးတောင်းယူရန်၊ ဘရိုင်ယန်နှင့်ဆက်သွယ်ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့ပါသည်။ ၁၃ ရက်အတွင်း၊ လိုအပ်ချက်များစစ်ဆေးပြီး၊ သတ်မှတ်လျော်ကြေးပြန်လည်ရရှိခဲ့ပါသည်။ ဘရိုင်ယန်၏ ကူညီဆောင်ရွက်ပေးမှုများ၊ အချိန်နှင့်တပြေးညီ ရှင်းပြခဲ့မှု့များ၊ လိုအပ်ချိန်၌ အချိန်တိုအတွင်း ပြန်လည်ဆက်သွယ်ကူညီခဲ့မှု့များအား များစွာ ကျေးဇူးတင်ရှိကြောင်းနှင့် သူသည် ယုံကြည်စိတ်ချရသော အေးဂျင့်ကောင်းတဦးဖြစ်ကြောင်းထောက်ခံအပ်ပါသည်။

Lim Siew Tin

在这，我很感谢我的agent Brian Tan, 我第一次让我的朋友,Vicky,介绍Brian给我们认识，他帮我处理我们去KL和Phuket的Travel Insurance。我应该在抵达KL的时候，拿到我的行李，但是行李被延误了，也因为这延误，我花了很多不必要的时间，钱，和麻烦，在隔天才拿回我的行李。我很庆幸也很高兴，回来新加坡后，通过Brian的帮忙，我的travel insurance claim过程很顺利，也很高兴和满意，成功地获得insurance claim. 以后我出国时，我还是会选择Brian帮我安排我的insurance. 感谢，感恩

Samuel & Mandy

We are very appreciative of everything Brian has done for us. He is extremely diligent and responsible We had dealings with several insurance agents, but never have we met someone like Brian before. Who is very responsive and patient. As such, my wife and myself sincerely wishes to express our gratitude to him

"Durian" Michelle & Melvin

Brian is funny, always friendly and professional. He often tells us real life stories that is consider things that we never thought might happen. We really have a peace of mind leaving our insurance with him and he is v easily contactable we need him to help with advice or claims. He also delivers a personal touch/ care to us such as sending us birthday vouchers and hand sanitizers during covid19! He is reliable and I do recommend him as an agent to my friends and family!

Zheng Hui & Li Ping.Engineers

Hi Brian, thanks for being so patient in answering the questions we have and also being so detailed. Different people have different needs and we’re so glad that you are able to propose a solution that suit our needs perfectly. Appreciate for serving us so professionally!