Perhaps you
give to charity. I do. Not, probably, what one would call huge sums, but a
significant enough part of my earnings to feel I am doing something worthwhile.
It’s a simple enough process: choose a charity I think is worthy; give to it.
I get
irritated by all the justgiving requests I get.
Here are a
few examples. A friend is climbing Mont Blanc for charity. Another friend is
doing an epic walk in the Welsh mountains for charity. Other friends are
running a marathon, a triathlon, a 10k a midnight adventure, all for charity.
Now these
are all well and good, but my hypothesis is this: they aren’t doing it for
charity. They are doing it because they want to.
I intend to
test this hypothesis by offering a pound more than all the funds they have had
pledged if they agree not to do it: not to climb that
mountain, complete that hike, set off on that run.
This should
sort the charitable men from the boys.
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