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Givers reject the notion that interdependence is weak. Givers are more likely to see interdependence as a source of strength, a way to harness the skills of multiple people for a greater good.
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73 |
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This is a defining feature of how givers collaborate: they take on the tasks that are in the group’s best interest, not necessarily their own personal interests.
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74 |
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When givers put a group’s interests ahead of their own, givers earn the respect of their collaborators.
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75 |
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…successful givers shift their frames of reference to the recipient’s perspective. For most people, this…
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89 |
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To effectively help colleagues, people need to step outside their own frames of reference.
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90 |
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…the ability to imagine other people’s perspectives, rather than getting stuck in our own perspectives,…
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90 |
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There is significant value in everyone on the team hearing the same thing at the same time about how the product development process should work.
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218 |
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…product development is a team sport.
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219 |
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Businesses that leverage user effort confer higher value to their products simply because their users have put work into them. The users have invested in the products through their labor.
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138 |
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Just as oxen and then forklifts replaced simple physical labor, computers are replacing simple intellectual labor.
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