From: TIME
How to Help Others the Right Way
TIME:
I’ve posted a number of times about how helping others makes you happier. But I know this leaves some people scratching their heads:
How much should I help others? How often? Will I be exploited? Will I end up resenting people I love if they don’t reciprocate?
We all know selfless givers who are taken advantage of and taken for granted. Nobody wants to feel like a sucker.
So this simple thing doesn’t seem so simple — and it feels safer to just be selfish no matter what fancy research and your conscience might tell you.
Adam Grant has a wonderful book, Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, which directly tackles this issue and provides some firm answers grounded in research. To help others the right way, give these tips a shot.
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