Focus on yourself first. You have to build yourself into something before you can even think about anything else or anybody else. You would only build a house by starting with a foundation. That’s literally the point of a foundation. Before you do anything else, before you think about doing anything else, you have to build the strongest possible foundation that you could build. And when it comes to your life, YOU are the foundation.
It’s a righteous thing to want to help other, to want to assist other people on their journey, but you can be no assistance to one man if you are a burden to another. You have to make sure you are taken care of, you are in a good position, before you put yourself out there to help other people. Before you start your giving, specifically in a materialistic and monetary sense, you need to make sure that you’re actually in a position to give.
It is basically foolhardy for you to start handing out slices of a pie that is hot whole and is not yet baked. That is never the move for you to make. If you TRULY want to help others, the best thing you actually can do is turn yourself not the best version of yourself humanly possible. When you are a better version of you, you are able to help other people. But you can only BECOME a better version of yourself by actually being selfish, focusing on yourself, bettering yourself. Literally the best way (and usually the only way) for you to help poor people is by you getting yourself rich first.
The Improved You 