Behance: Pay It Forward: Why Generosity Is The Key To Success
Micro-giving – 5 min favors – great concept! And he encourages folks to repay him by paying it FORWARD…
Personal connections are the currency of the working world. Like or not, who we know, who we owe, and who owes us determines our future as much as talent.
When it comes to when and how we help others, most of us fit into one of three categories:
- Givers, who help others unconditionally, demanding nothing in return.
- Matchers, who usually only help those who have helped them.
- Takers, those who demand help but never offer.
Penn professor Adam Grant is a Giver. He’s also the youngest tenured professor at Wharton and is the author of the best-selling Give and Take. Grant believes that the success of our careers is due to our generosity with our time and knowledge. Givers, he says, are usually either at the top or bottom of their field, with Matchers and Takers sprinkled in between.
Chez Froggie 