> My simple rule ... it never hurts you to help another human. Sometimes it also benefits you but at a minimum your reputation in your sphere of influence is po

> My simple rule ... it never hurts you to help another human. Sometimes it also benefits you but at a minimum your reputation in your sphere of influence is positive. This is definitely not true, whether the general form you led with, or in the specific minimum you mention. Contradictions to this rule are so widespread that we have an aphorism for it. ("No good deed goes unpunished.")