Chuckup Change Overcoming The Doormat Effect Analysis
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In the Chapter “Chump Change-Overcoming the doormat Effect”, which appeared in the book GIVE AND TAKE by Adam Grant, Grant shows that some generous givers such as Lillian Bauer overcomes problems suffering from being too trusing, too empathetic and too timid as well as how some successful givers, like Jason Geller, use strategies to avoid falling into traps. Grant explains that generosity makes givers vulnerable because some fakers, such as Brad, who act like a giver, confuse them and make them easily falling into the trap. Grant states that givers could protect themselves once they found who is likely to manipulate them, but snap judgements could sometimes be wrong. In addition, there is another trap that givers might easily fall into. It