The ObservatoryGive, take or trade
Map what you give and get in three important relationships, and choose a small action that makes the balance better.
How it works
- From the bookChoose
- Three relationshipsList
- What you give, what you getWrite
- See the balanceChoose
- A small adjustmentWrite
A seed never wonders about its worth. It responds to warmth, water and soil, and if the conditions are there, it grows. People are more complex, but we also grow through exchange: a conversation, a recommendation, an opp …
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Why does it work?
The model of givers, takers and matchers comes from Grant (2013) and is based mostly on studies of working life and self-assessment; it is a way of thinking, not a diagnosis. The idea of reciprocity has theoretical support in evolutionary biology (Trivers 1971), but the exercise itself has not been tested as a method.
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