Zitat des Tages über Geber / Givers:
I'm involved in quite a few ministries as a bridge builder, trying to match generous givers and donors to other ministries. Based on my past, I'm also involved in mainly the prison ministry. I go to jails and prisons and share my story, trying to give them some hope.
There are times we are givers, but others time we have to let others give to us.
You know what I hate? Indian givers... no, I take that back.
My husband and I are big givers to charity, and we are teaching our son Barron all about giving his old toys away to children who might not have any.
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.
As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.
The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although their motives may be less purely altruistic, their actions prove more altruistic, because they give more.
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.
The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.
The opposite of an underminer is a supporter. When colleagues are supportive, they go out of their way to be givers rather than takers, working to enhance our productivity, make us look good, share ideas, and provide timely help.
From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.