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BADM 3113 Urich Writing Assignment 2 60 points =========================================================== Please read the Writing Rubric before starting this assignment. Type your answers on this Word document. You should type a response everywhere you see an “X.” Upload this document to the dropbox on Canvas by the due date as either a PDF or Word file. Part 1: Givers and Takers 1. Based on the lectures, who is more likely to win the game of life: givers takers, or matchers? Why? Givers who do not fail to take care of themselves as well as others are most likely to win the game of life. Givers who end up self-sacrificing too much always end up at the bottom as they are unable to take proper advantage of the relationships they create. They allow too much to be taken with too little in return. The matchers rarely rise to the top and often end up in the middle because, while they prevent too much self-sacrifice on their part, they fail to take meaningful advantage of their relationships as they see it as more of a fair monetary exchange. This prevents them from fully embracing these relationships, getting hung up on a sort of score or debt that hangs upon every interaction they have within their organizations. The takers often end up close to the top but they rarely see the true success of that of the best at playing the game of life. While they are happy to take as much advantage of any relationship they can, the people they take from often see this and can understand the harm these people can do. Therefore takers often rise to the top on the backs of others, preventing them from having any sort of meaningful support in their most important endeavors. This leads to the very best players in the game of life being the givers who are able to stop themselves from sacrificing too much for their relationships. They can understand the importance of helping others and creating the trust required to accomplish large things, but they also understand how to not be taken advantage of when it comes to their relationships as well. The most successful people have incredibly deep relationships where trust is a hugely important factor. They can understand that not everything is going to be 50/50 all the time. Sometimes they will give more and sometimes they will take more, but they can maintain the most positive relationships and use them to their advantage without taking advantage of others to the point where they lose any and all support and trust.

2. Based on the lectures, who is more likely to lose the game of life: givers takers, or matchers? Why? The losers at the game of life often end up being those who don't understand or cannot properly maintain and take advantage of their relationships in life. Either through never creating them in the first place, or allowing too much to be taken from them throughout the course of the relationship with too little in return. The people who also try to ‘count’ or treat every interaction as a sort of exchange and strive to achieve a perfect balance. This is extra energy expended that doesn't allow for positive relationships to flourish and negative ones to fade away. 3. After considering the ideas in these lectures, what have you learned about being a giver, taker, or matcher, and what is your plan going forward? I've learned the best way to seed these relationships within anything I do is to become a giver without partaking in the self-sacrificial actions that are usually associated with being a giver. This is important as people often reciprocate the effort you put towards them and often to a high degree. This can lead to the all-important relationship building which is the basis of this lecture. I plan to try to implement many of the aspects that becoming a giver entails, while also attempting to limit my self-sacrifice as much as possible. 4. What specific actions can you take to personally benefit from the ideas demonstrated by this concept and the lecture material? I could consciously remind myself to take actions related to becoming more of a person who actively takes steps in order to raise my status within any organization I am a part of. One of the concepts is that people who you like have a strong urge to like you more as well. Often I find myself simply coasting by, caring little of what others think of me or I think of others. In order to benefit myself, I am going to actively try to take an interest in others, thereby helping others to help me succeed. 5. “Rich people” believe the key to success is _____. Please explain how this view differs from the middle-class view. Oftentimes, the middle class is taught growing up, that the key to gaining success is to work incredibly hard for it. While this does not necessarily pan out in reality, the most likely reason so many believe this is because until the 21st century, in the United States, this sentiment was absolutely true. Working more hours and showing your employers

how hard you were working absolutely was the key to a successful and fulfilling life. Almost any person in any form of employment could easily afford decent housing, a car, an entire family, and numerous other things we deem a good life. Unfortunately, our current reality means that this isn't possible. The best way to climb the ladder of success, as outlined in these lectures, is through the planting and growth of important relationships that allow you to rise up the social class ladder within society. Part 2: Influence Skills 1. Tell us about a time you were unsuccessful trying to influence someone when you were relying on the facts. I was unsuccessful in influencing my manager to let me go into maintenance instead of being a server. I only used facts to try to persuade her and ended up falling short because I did not play off of her pride. I used factual evidence like we do not have a maintenance person and that we need one. I should have used the points that the more clean and maintained our restraint looks the better our scores will be and how our district manager will like her more. She would have listened more intentionally if I started to bring up our district manager and the $250,000 being awarded to the best Red Lobster. a. Describe a new influence approach incorporating ideas from our Influence discussions. I want to start incorporating the servant leader’s influence strategy. I do the first step of the approach but need to follow through with the last 4 steps. I fail to fully influence people often. I will get them on my side and then drop the ball with how to continuously have them support me. I need to focus my energy on being empathic and putting myself in the other person's shoes. 2. Urich argues that giving compliments to get ahead isn’t sucking up. Explain the idea. Compliments create a connection with the other party. Within the Servant Leader’s Strategy, Compliments help complete the first step of the strategy. When people think that you like them with the compliments or the physical touch exchanged, it will help propel you forward in their good graces. Compliments are a business strategy and do not count as sucking up to a person or people. a. Critique the idea. Complimenting someone more than appropriate is sucking up. This idea only relates to compliments being given in moderation. A well-placed compliment can make or break a relationship but too many causes you to be seen as a suck-up. If you take Urich's compliment opinion to heart, at face value, then you will continuously compliment people and make yourself look like a suck-up. If you use the opinion in the

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