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Mom was a selfless giver and she gave from her heart.
Tina was a professional home maker par excellence, a spectacular grandma, and a selfless giver never a taker.
Last month, Delta Air Lines announced The Gift Back Project, in which travelers can nominate ANY selfless "giver" they know to receive ANY "gift" in return for their loving deeds.
Why? Grant found it's because that when givers form networks, "...they expand the pie so that everyone can get a larger slice". In fact, research found that when a person in a network is a selfless giver, it can be contagious.
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Selfless givers have high concern for others but low concern for themselves.
As we wrote in an HBR article with Rob Cross last year, collaborative overload is pervasive in workplaces around the world, and selfless givers are its biggest victims.
When we analyzed the data, we were saddened to learn that, as you might assume, men are more likely to be takers and women are more likely to be selfless givers.
Dr. Grant has identified different sub-sets of givers, two of which are "selfless" givers and "otherish" givers.
As you probably guessed, selfless givers are more likely to burn out.
Selfless givers give their time and energy without regard to their own needs (hey, it's 3 p.m. and I haven't eaten yet today!).
In that case, economists speculate, the act is not entirely selfless because the giver makes the donation in order to feel good.
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