Engineering Generosity
Collection to inspire the book
Engineering Generosity
Collection to inspire the book
This is an important thing to realize.
None of us are saints, but we can all try to be better. Each time you do something generous, you're shaping yourself into someone who's more likely to be generous next time, and that matters.
Generosity is self-perpetuating
System timelines - short-term scarcity vs long-term abundance
In a you-or-me world, reciprocity and collaboration don’t fit.
Competition ruins collaboration
Incentive structures don’t map to ultimate high-value results
Breaking down a system - look at the 3 components
Time gap requires trust
They valued the wrong things.
Generous people view their possessions as temporary; they are joining in a bigger story. Generous people are always looking toward the needs of others by using what they have been given. Things don’t matter; people do. They open their house to others. They open their pool for parties. They let people borrow their cars. They freely give, with no
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