Adam Grant: When to Give, and When to Take (Encore)
Disrupt Yourself Podcast with Whitney Johnson
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Are Successful Givers More Like Door Mats?
Successful givers are more thoughtful about who they help, when they help and how they help. Failed givers prioritise other people's needs so far ahead of their own that they either burn out or just get burned by takers. What you should do is find outif the person who's seeking help from you has a history or a reputation of selfish behaviour. And then if they do, you want to say, maybe this is not thebest time to go into extreme giver mode. I should be flexible and adaptable in my style. When dealing with a taker, i should be a matcher and say, look, you know, i'm happy to help you,
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