Hoarding and Dominating
It took me many years to understand that just because others hoard and hold information, you don’t have to be that way. If something is meant for you it will be yours and if it’s not it won’t be but greedy people always suffer in one way or the other. Even if it means they don’t grow. When you look at some of the most successful companies like Google, Facebook, and Yahoo, they share the wealth with employees by giving amazing vacation packages, having nap rooms at the office, giving them great pay, sometimes free childcare and free lunch and snacks during the day. They are NOTHING like a Walmart whose, employees, constantly struggle to make ends meet and they have a higher turnover rate but the board and upper-level management are outrageously rich.
If you are a person who doesn’t want anyone else to be successful, go ahead, hoard and be greedy. I promise you that you will never grow. Also, don’t use others to help you and not return the favor, you will quickly develop a reputation of someone who cannot be trusted and it will stick with you.
Give in order to receive. If you ask an established industry exec to help you vs asking if you can take them to lunch… you will get a LOT more information by taking them to lunch. You get much more time to ask questions and you develop a relationship…
