Reading Adam Grant's "Give and Take" I realized the art of giving. He talks how in the world there are three types of people: Givers (those who give without waiting to recieve anything in change), Takers (those who take more than they give) and Mergers (those that do a little bit of both). Should we be driven by personal success, or should we want other people to also succeed and grow as individuals and as professionals? Where is the real growth?
The way I see it humans are individuals and yet we are social beings. In a way our life shouldn't be controlled by other people but neither can it be selfishly driven by our greed. We need to give constantly, but we don't need to recieve everything that is given to us. Society judges what is right and what is wrong, they give you the parameters for you to live by. We are singular, we need to understand that the only person we need to please is ourselves, and yet we can't completely neglect that helping other people is one of the most rewarding things ever.
The book talks about how people who were "givers" eventually became more successful, not always though, the "givers" either were really successful or at the bottom of the pyramid. "Takers" ruled the middle with the "Mergers". Which role do you choose?
The way I see it humans are individuals and yet we are social beings. In a way our life shouldn't be controlled by other people but neither can it be selfishly driven by our greed. We need to give constantly, but we don't need to recieve everything that is given to us. Society judges what is right and what is wrong, they give you the parameters for you to live by. We are singular, we need to understand that the only person we need to please is ourselves, and yet we can't completely neglect that helping other people is one of the most rewarding things ever.
The book talks about how people who were "givers" eventually became more successful, not always though, the "givers" either were really successful or at the bottom of the pyramid. "Takers" ruled the middle with the "Mergers". Which role do you choose?