“Good givers are great getters; they make everybody better,” Simmons explains.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“research shows that givers get extra credit when they offer ideas that challenge the status quo.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“when everyone contributes, the pie is larger, and givers are no longer stuck contributing far more than they get.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Successful givers, it turns out, are just as ambitious as takers and matchers.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“There’s even evidence that compared with takers, on average, givers earn 14 percent less money, have twice the risk of becoming victims… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“when givers like David Hornik win, people are rooting for them and supporting them, rather than gunning for them. Givers succeed in… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“On Freecycle, givers modeled a standard that seemed attainable. When members saw a ninety-eight-year-old man building bikes for kids, they knew they… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“selfless givers are more inclined to sprinkle their giving throughout their days, helping whenever people need them. This can become highly distracting… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“So if givers are most likely to land at the bottom of the success ladder, who’s at the top—takers or matchers? Neither.… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“We all have goals for our own individual achievments, and it turns out that the givers who excel are willing to ask… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“When people assume that others aren’t givers, they act and speak in ways that discourage others from giving, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“In roles as leaders and mentors, givers resist the temptation to search for talent first. By recognizing that anyone can be a… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Based on David Hornik’s story, you might predict that givers achieve the worst results—and you’d be right. Research demonstrates that givers sink… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Although many successful givers start from the default of trusting others’ intentions, they’re also careful to scan their environments to screen for… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“Takers tend to worry that revealing weaknesses will compromise their dominance and authority. Givers are much more comfortable expressing vulnerability: they’re interested… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“So if givers are most likely to land at the bottom of the success ladder, who’s at the top—takers or matchers? Neither.… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“givers always score high on other-interest, but they vary in self-interest. There are two types of givers, and they have dramatically different… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“If I asked you to guess who’s the most likely to end up at the bottom of the success ladder, what would… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“value the perspectives and interests of others, givers are more inclined toward asking questions than offering answers, talking tentatively than boldly, admitting… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“The Reciprocity Ring created a context that encouraged takers to act like givers, and the key lies in making giving public. Takers… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“the higher the psychological safety in a unit, the fewer errors they made. Why? In the units that lacked psychological safety, health care professionals… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“And in the long run, research shows that the mistakes we regret are not errors of commission, but errors of omission. If we could… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“Although many successful givers start from the default of trusting others’ intentions, they’re also careful to scan their environments to screen for potential takers,… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“I want to debunk the myth that originality requires extreme risk taking and persuade you that originals are actually far more ordinary than we… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“I was dismayed to discover that even today, speaking while female remains notoriously difficult. Across cultures, there’s a rich body of evidence showing that… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“Setting high expectations is so important,” Skender says. “You have to push people, make them stretch and do more than they think possible.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“analysts were more likely to maintain their star performance if they worked with high-quality colleagues in their teams and departments. The star analysts relied… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“Speak softly, but carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“When our audiences are skeptical, the more we try to dominate them, the more they resist. Even with a receptive audience, dominance is a… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“Tim Long adds that “there’s something magical about getting the reputation as someone who cares about others more than yourself. It redounds to your… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“In a classic experiment, when people received help from one peer, they were more likely to give help to another peer, matching by following… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die.” — Adam M. Grant Copy Share
