reciprocity - Concepts
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- Balanced Reciprocity - A form of exchange where value given and received are roughly equivalent.
- Eventual Reciprocity - The long-term strategy of giving value freely to build positive capital that eventually leads others to reciprocate through support, purchases, or advocacy.
- Favor Economy - The informal system of exchanging favors and assistance that underlies professional networks.
- Five-Minute Favor - Adam Rifkin's concept of helping others in ways that take little time but create significant value.
- Generalized Reciprocity - Giving without expectation of direct return, trusting the community to reciprocate over time.
- Generosity Principle - The practice of giving freely and abundantly as a foundational approach to relationships.
- Gift Giving - The practice of presenting something to someone without expectation of direct payment.
- Give and Take - Adam Grant's framework describing three reciprocity styles: givers, takers, and matchers.
- Giving First - The practice of providing value to others before expecting anything in return.
- Gratitude Reciprocity - The relationship between experiencing gratitude and engaging in reciprocal or generous behavior.
- Negative Reciprocity - Exchange where one party attempts to maximize gain at the other's expense.
- Obligation Principle - The psychological mechanism that creates feelings of debt and duty to repay after receiving.
- Pay It Forward - When someone helps you, you help someone else in return rather than repaying the original helper.
- Random Acts of Kindness - Unprompted, spontaneous acts of generosity toward others without expectation of return.
- Reciprocity Bias - The cognitive tendency to feel obligated to return favors, even when disproportionate.
- Reciprocity Norm - The unwritten social rule that people should help those who have helped them.
- Reciprocity Principle - The social norm of responding to positive actions with positive actions in return.
- Reciprocity Ring - A structured exercise where people make requests and offer help within a group.
- Reciprocity Rule - The informal guideline to repay in kind what another person has provided.
- Social Exchange - A sociological theory viewing human relationships as involving exchange of resources and rewards.
- Thank You Economy - Gary Vaynerchuk's concept that genuine care and gratitude drive business success in the social age.
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