Core values Quote by Adam M. Grant

“We become matchers, striving to preserve an equal balance of giving and getting. Matchers operate on the principle of fairness: when they help others,…

— Adam M. Grant

“If you’re a matcher, you’ll also punish takers for acting unfairly toward other people.”

— Adam M. Grant

“takers and matchers make hard-and-fast assumptions about just who will be able to provide the most benefit in exchange. At its core, the giver…

— Adam M. Grant

People tend to have one of three 'styles' of interaction. There are takers, who are always trying to serve themselves; matchers, who are always…

— Adam Grant

“Many people who hold giver values in life choose matching as their primary reciprocity style at work, seeking an even balance of give and…

— Adam Grant

I'm not a matchmaker, I don't know the logic behind the decisions they make.

— Dustin Poirier

I'm not much of a matchmaker. I think people have to make their own choices and mistakes and all that stuff.

— Luke Perry

“If I asked you to guess who’s the most likely to end up at the bottom of the success ladder, what would you say—takers,…

— Adam M. Grant

“Respect is better than tolerance (2) for the very obverse and complement of its sternness: It does not just “bear” the others, nor just…

— Eva Brann

Having to be a match maker is a job they just want results. They could careless who or what happens at the end of…

— Kevin McCarty

Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

— Zora Neale Hurston

“And until we can see each other as equals, justice is never going to be even-handed. It will remain nothing more than a reflection…

— John Grisham