People always ask me, “Chris… does giving without expecting anything back actually work?”
And every time, I smile, because I’ve lived the answer.
Years ago, before ROR was even a framework, I started sending simple handwritten notes. No agenda. No pitch. No follow-up ask. Just a genuine, “Hey, I see you. Thank you for what you do.”
Most of those notes came and went quietly.
But then one day, out of the blue, I received a handwritten letter back…
and attached to it was a $5,000 opportunity I never saw coming.
Not because I asked.
Not because I chased.
But because giving plants seeds we don’t even realise are growing.
Another moment?
When Wallace Nelson stepped in and changed my life.
I didn’t “strategise” that relationship. I didn’t calculate it.
I simply showed up as a friend long before I ever needed one.
Years later, when my health hit a breaking point, he was the one who lifted me out of a hole I couldn’t climb out of alone.
No transaction.
No expectation.
Just real connection returning in a way I never could’ve predicted.
And that’s the thing most people miss:
You don’t give because of what you’ll get.
You give because one day, the return shows up in a form you didn’t even know you needed.
It might save your business.
It might open a door.
It might save your life.
That’s why I live by this:
Give without expecting. Connect without calculating.
Because the world keeps score in ways you’ll never see coming.
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Christopher Vos - Mr. ROR
Christopher Vos - Mr. ROR
People always ask me, “Chris… does giving without expecting anything back actually work?”
And every time, I smile, because I’ve lived the answer.
Years ago, before ROR was even a framework, I started sending simple handwritten notes. No agenda. No pitch. No follow-up ask. Just a genuine, “Hey, I see you. Thank you for what you do.”
Most of those notes came and went quietly.
But then one day, out of the blue, I received a handwritten letter back…
and attached to it was a $5,000 opportunity I never saw coming.
Not because I asked.
Not because I chased.
But because giving plants seeds we don’t even realise are growing.
Another moment?
When Wallace Nelson stepped in and changed my life.
I didn’t “strategise” that relationship. I didn’t calculate it.
I simply showed up as a friend long before I ever needed one.
Years later, when my health hit a breaking point, he was the one who lifted me out of a hole I couldn’t climb out of alone.
No transaction.
No expectation.
Just real connection returning in a way I never could’ve predicted.
And that’s the thing most people miss:
You don’t give because of what you’ll get.
You give because one day, the return shows up in a form you didn’t even know you needed.
It might save your business.
It might open a door.
It might save your life.
That’s why I live by this:
Give without expecting. Connect without calculating.
Because the world keeps score in ways you’ll never see coming.
.
.
.
[give without expecting, relationship marketing, ROR return on relationships, handwritten notes networking, genuine connections, business relationships, reciprocity in business, kindness in leadership, give to grow, unexpected opportunities]
#ReturnOnRelationships
#GiveWithoutExpecting #BusinessRelationships #GenuineConnections #LeadershipWithHeart
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