Quotes About Reciprocity

a maioria delas se enquadra em seis categorias básicas, sendo cada uma delas governada por um dos princípios psicológicos fundamentais que comandam a conduta humana. Este livro está organizado em torno desses seis princípios – reciprocidade, coerência, aprovação social, afeição, autoridade e escassez.

Little wonder, then, that the influential French anthropologist Marcel Mauss, in describing the social pressures surrounding the gift-giving process in human culture, can state, "There is an obligation to give, an obligation to receive, and an obligation to repay."12

After all, the reciprocity rule asserts that if justice is to be done, exploitation attempts should be exploited. READER

A person can trigger a feeling of indebtedness by doing us an uninvited favor (Paese & Gilin, 2000). Recall that the rule states only that we should provide to others the kind of actions they have provided us; it does not require us to have asked for what we have received in order to feel obligated to repay.

The noted archaeologist Richard Leakey ascribes the essence of what makes us human to the reciprocity system: "We are human because our ancestors learned to share their food and their skills in an honored network of obligation,"9

What good is love if you never ask anything of it?

I am not your dog, but if every time you saw me, you gave me a backrub, I would run to greet you, too.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, not forgetting to leave others be as you would have them leave you be.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure.

When it is time to ask for a favor or help, you must think first of appealing to people's self-interest in some way.

Remember the following: Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your

Los hombres son más prestos a devolver un agravio que un favor, porque la gratitud es una carga y la venganza un placer. TÁCITO, ca. 55-120 d.C.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure. —Tacitus

Los hombres son más prestos a devolver un agravio que un favor, porque la gratitud es una carga y la venganza un placer.

what you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts.

Don't get mad, get even

In a study of employees throughout the world working for the same multinational bank, what was the most important reason cited to help someone? Among Americans it was that the person had previously helped them; for Chinese it was that the person was higher ranking; in Spain, that they were a friend or acquaintance.

Here are some words of central importance to this book: aggression, violence, compassion, empathy, sympathy, competition, cooperation, altruism, envy, schadenfreude, spite, forgiveness, reconciliation, revenge, reciprocity, and (why not?) love. Flinging us into definitional quagmires.

We resort to violence because, after much long and futile talk, the simplicity of violence is an immense relief. People band together in organizations because obedience to orders enables them to do things they have long been incapable of doing out of personal conviction, and the hostility between organizations allows them to engage in the unending reciprocity of blood feuds, while love would all too soon put everyone sleep.

Whenever you feel short or in need of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, or friendship.

Whenever you feel 'short' or in 'need' of something, give what you want first and it will come back in buckets. That is true for money, a smile, love, friendship. I know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but it has always worked for me. I just trust that the principle of reciprocity is true, and I give what I want

It reminds me of the story of the guy sitting with firewood in his arms on a cold, freezing night. He is yelling at the pot-bellied stove, "When you give me some heat, then I'll put some wood in you!" And when it comes to money, love, happiness, sales, and contacts, all one needs to remember is to give first.

If you want something, you first need to give

And when it comes to money, love, happiness, sales, and contacts, all one needs to remember is to give first.