
114. Helping Others Become Givers Instead of Takers
The OptimalWork Podcast
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Are You Giving Out of Constraint?
The hallmark of the left brain is this seeking outcomes. With sincerity, we start by being sincere about what am I really seeking? Am I seeking ideals and bonds or am I seeking this outcome? Then I think that sincerity means that they're capable of seeking the good of others, even if it makes them feel uncomfortable. Okay, that's what happens when you ask people for things and you give them a chance to be generous themselves. One of the phrases in the book, Give and Take that I like the most is opportunity stealing. It's this idea that if you're always giving the others and you never give them achance to reciprocate and to give, then in the way you stolen
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