Context
I have recently read the following books and trying to compare here between The Go-Giver vs. The Go-Getter with respect to life, business, and relationships, etc...
By the way, both are amazing and mind-blowing nice reads with a different perspective on life, relationships, and especially on the businesses, etc. and yet, I wanted to share here the key takeaways and the impressive changes one can make to their perspectives.
The Go-Giver
The Go-Giver talks more about others than you/yourself in a given situation, and presses more on the following 5 laws.
- The Law of Value — Your true worth is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.
- The Law of Compensation — Your income is determined by how many people you serve and how well you serve them.
- The Law of Influence — Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interests first.
- The Law of Authenticity — The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.
- The Law of Receptivity — The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.
Here are the 3 most inspiring lessons about focusing on others more than yourself:
- Develop a go-giver mentality to initiate your journey toward unimaginable success and enjoyment in what you do.
- Product improvements have limits, but the power of improving customer experience is infinite.
- Being authentic is the foundation for people having a positive experience with your business that will have a lasting impact on those you serve.
The Go-Getter
The Go-Getter talks more about you to hustle and focusses more on the motto of ''it shall be done!" and "getting things done!" along with a lot of emphasis on "your own faith" to achieve success.
Here are the 4 most inspiring lessons about focusing on yourself than others while hustling:
- Believe in yourself
- Act with determination
- Don’t take “No” for an answer
- Tell yourself “It Shall Be Done.”
Final take:
Both go-getter and go-giver are important in anyone's career, business, and life, etc. The go-getter is good for the short term for a limited span of network with their accomplished successes but not for the long term, whereas the go-giver with the right mix of more authenticity and overall positive experiences to a cause works very well for the long term with elevated successes and happiness for broader networks. Especially, the go-giver works well for maintaining long-lasting relationships. Also, the go-givers do more sales than the go-getters in any business. In a logical way, one has to work like a go-giver but that doesn't mean that go-getters are bad, here the main perspective to understand is go-giver is an old-time go-getter and revolutionized and transformed as go-giver at heart, but one's mind acts like go-getter only to get the shit done.
Sources:
The Go-Giver
https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Little-Story-Powerful-Business-ebook/dp/B0010O922C
http://goodinfection.com/summary-the-go-giver-bob-burg-john-david-mann/
https://lifeclub.org/books/the-go-giver-bob-burg-and-john-david-mann-review-summary
The Go-Getter
https://www.amazon.in/Go-Getter-Peter-B-Kyne/dp/9382677399/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/259-1999838-9711601?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=9382677399&pd_rd_r=eeeb331e-6faa-4307-b68a-c527305ddb36&pd_rd_w=pjvJQ&pd_rd_wg=ZX5TM&pf_rd_p=5a903e39-3cff-40f0-9a69-33552e242181&pf_rd_r=MJDNQT6HW1Y23AR38V0E&psc=1&refRID=MJDNQT6HW1Y23AR38V0E
https://www.jeffprewitt.com/the-go-getter-book-review/
