Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first.

Being a giver is not good for a 100-yard dash, but it’s valuable in a marathon.

Good guys are most likely to finish last, but also most likely to finish first.

This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.

If we want a better original idea, we must generate our own before we screen others' suggestions.