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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.

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Adam Grant
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: August 13
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West Bloomfield Township
Michigan
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