Are You a Taker or a Giver?

Re:Are You a Taker or a Giver? by waltherp on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @12:29AM (#19621849)

I think truly successful people should be able to use both tools to accomplish what they need.

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Re:Are You a Taker or a Giver? by jaytaylor on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:53AM (#19622217)

In what scenarios would you aspire to or find it honorable to take more than you give?

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Re:Are You a Taker or a Giver? by cimmanom on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:00AM (#19623211)

Perhaps in situations when dealing with an entity that’s equally (or more) cold-blooded or cut-throat and doesn’t have any personal skin in the game. Such as in a negotiation with a corporation that’s never going to care nearly as much about me as a person as they do about what they can get out of me; or perhaps a similar entity like a VC firm.

But I agree that it’s shitty to take more than you give to individual people.

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Re:Are You a Taker or a Giver? by jaytaylor on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:26AM (#19625624)

Good points, thank you cimmanom!

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