“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
Extensive research reveals that people who give their time and knowledge end up earning more raises and promotions
5. 5
Perspective Gap
Without being in a state of pain
themselves, doctors can’t fully
realise what it’s like to be in that
state
In
collaborations, takers
rarely cross this
perspective gap
They never end up seeing
how others are reacting to
their ideas and feedback.
10. 10
Test Your Giver Quotient
Visit www.giveandtake.com to take a free survey that
tests your giver quotient
Start a Love Machine
In many organisations, givers go unrecognised.
www.lovemachineinc.com
Seek Help More Often
If you want other people to be givers, one of the
easiest steps is to ask.
Run a Reciprocity Ring.
What could be achieved in your organisation—and
what giving norms would develop—if groups of
people got together weekly for twenty minutes to
make requests and help one another fulfil them?
http://www.humaxnetworks.com/
11. 11
Embrace the Five-Minute
Favour If you visit a 106 Miles Meet up
www.meetup.com/106miles follow the lead by
asking people what they need and looking for
ways to help at a minimal personal cost.
Launch a Personal
Generosity Experiment.
you’d rather give on your own, try the GOOD
thirty-day challenge www.good.is/post/the-
good-30-day-challenge-become-a-good-citizen
each day for a month.
Sasha Dichter’s thirty-day generosity
experiment http://sashadichter.wordpress.com
and Ryan Garcia’s year of daily random acts of
kindness www.366randomacts.org
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