The Real Favor Is in the Torah
The Avnei Nezer used to say that if people understood what his learning could do for them, they would not come to ask for a blessing.
The Avnei Nezer was often heard to remark that if people knew what good he could do for them through his Torah study, none of them would ever again come through his door to ask for a berachah. Chassidim understood this as the key to his whole way. A person came hoping for a word from a tzaddik, a blessing for livelihood, health or a child, but he held that the greatest help he could offer was found in the hours he sat with the Gemara and the Rishonim. This is why he guarded his learning so strictly, and why he agreed to receive the public only on condition that his study never be interrupted. For him, serving Hashem through Torah was not at odds with caring for others. It was the deepest form of caring.
Source: Abir HaRo'im, vol. II, pp. 283, 288, 291–292
When you sit down to learn today, even for five minutes, add one intention: that this learning should bring good to someone you know. Name the person, a friend who is struggling or a relative who needs health, and then learn with that person in mind. Afterward, you might do one small kindness for them, a call or a message. The Avnei Nezer believed that Torah is not only for the learner. Let your own learning carry someone else along.