Givers Vs Takers

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In the world that we live in, givers and takers play different roles in relationships. In the book Give and Take, Adam Grant describes, “The takers were black holes. They sucked the energy from those around them. The givers were suns: they injected light around the organization.”In other words, givers are willing to contribute in relationships rather than take, while takers want to take valuable objectives for their own benefits. Givers and takers have different goals in a relationship, but “weak ties” are important to maintain in my opinion.
Different approaches in a relationships lead to different results. For takers, they want to take from relationships, sometimes they make themselves look like givers because givers generally have a better image in people’s mind. Their goal in a relationship is to gain. They want other people to give, and they are self-centered. They are egoistic and fake, and they usually cannot maintain a strong relationship because they do not want to give after they take something. However, givers can build relationships that are strong and real, and they do not usually expect returns from a relationship when they give. They are able to keep a good relationship with others in a long run and …show more content…

In social lives, people often build “weak ties” intentionally and unintentionally. A weak tie is an interpersonal relationship that is not strong, which means people who are in a “weak tie” do not usually trust each other much. Most likely, building a “weak tie” is just to know people’s names and basic information. Generally, people start relationships that are “weak ties” while socializing. They trade business cards and meet with each other. Those relationships are not deep, but you never know one day a relationship is going to grow and become strong. Even though it is suspicious to act with zeal in “weak ties,” we still have chance to hit goals and maybe turn a weak tie to a strong and trustworthy

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