Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.
My father (Danny Thomas) used to tell me there are two kinds of people, the takers and the givers. 'The takers sometimes eat better,' he would say, 'but the givers always sleep better.'
Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.
Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them instead of gunning for them.
My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
The people who actually do things always suffer the slings and arrows of those who don't.
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with 'welcome' written on it.
People tend to have one of three 'styles' of interaction. There are takers, who are always trying to serve themselves; matchers, who are always trying to get equal benefit for themselves and others; and givers, who are always trying to help people.
