Seneca the Younger Quotes

Sure, that's what I mean,' Doc Daneeka said. 'A little grease is what makes this world go round. One hand washes the other. Know what I mean? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.' Yossarian knew what he meant. That's not what I meant,' Doc Daneeka said, as Yossarian began scratching his back.

I always think if you are asking somebody for something it is a good idea to give them something first.

My sister is a masseuse, so we trade - she gives me massages and I give her prepared meals. It's a great system I'd recommend: Cook or babysit for a friend in exchange for one of her skills.

Exchange is creation.

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

We are all born with an innate understanding of interpersonal equity - the idea that if you lend me your rake today, I'll respond in kind when you come to borrow my shovel tomorrow. Or nearly all of us are born with that. Psychopaths aren't.

All government—indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act,—is founded on compromise and barter.

… the woman whose husband makes twelve hundred dollars a year may have a couple of hours a day which she could sell in return for some service which she wishes to buy. There ought to be a reciprocity exchange in every town of any size where these exchanges could be arranged for. Nothing more than an extension of the old community way of living when everybody got together for barn raisings, and husking bees and each individual's special talent was called upon and everyone earned in one way or another what they got.

Me coming to Tampa made perfect sense. I felt like they had all the keys I needed and vice versa. I can help the team out and also they can help me.

Everything is a negotiation. Everything is a little bit of give and take.

The more we all help each other, the more we all benefit. So go out there. Help others.

If you've got a dirty job, the best way is to help each other and then you'll create this culture of mutual benefit. And then you've got to understand who your customer is and create value for them and so on.

We need to find means for cooperation.

Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.

The best way to motivate other people to help YOU fulfil your goals is to help them fulfil THEIR goals

Deals work best when each side gets something it wants from the other.

If the deal isn't good for the other party, it isn't good for you.

Each party should gain from the negotiation.

The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?

I think it took me a long time to realize that you can't really score unless someone passes you the ball. The older you get as a woman, it's fewer and far between. The material isn't there.

Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.

It is okay to ask for help. I give help when others need it, and ask for help when I need it.

To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?