Kindness with a hidden invoice isn’t kindness. It’s a sales pitch with a smile.
LEADERSHIP
WHAT THIS MEANS
A favour handed over with an expectation attached is a transaction one person does not know they entered. It looks the same on the day and feels different weeks later, when the bill appears and the other person realises they were accruing debt the whole time. That is what makes it worse than simply asking, because asking at least tells the truth.
Before you do something generous, check whether you would still do it if nothing came back. If the answer is no, that is fine, just say what you want. Trade openly and nobody gets ambushed.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Do you expect something back from the favors you give?
MORE IN INTEGRITY & CHARACTER
- Skip the steps in the recipe and it still looks like food. It just doesn’t taste like the real thing.
- Recording someone at their worst moment for views makes their pain your content. That’s not a clip. That’s a choice.
- Filling out the form honestly when the lie is easier is integrity in its least glamorous outfit.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.