We both queued for payment.
The boy loved the soccer toy with my daughter. He pointed at it. He made move.
My daughter fluttered her hands back hiding the toy with a No.
At the mall. I was walking with my daughter in between the lovelies displayed.
She pointed to a toy. It's a small soccer toy. She has been a football lover; so she picked it.
We both queued for payment.
The boy loved the soccer toy with my daughter. He pointed at it. He made move.
My daughter fluttered her hands back hiding the toy with a No.
The mom shunned him. He cried.
I kept watching.
My daughter went to meet the boy; Handed him the soccer toy.
Almost immediately, the boy stopped crying.
The boy's Dad held my daughter in his hand. Took her back where toys are displayed. Urged her to pick anyone of her choice. She pointed at a three-legged bicycle.
I refused it. He insisted. That's okay, he said
He also paid for the soccer toy.
I was thankful.
My daughter loves the bicycle.
Why did I share this?
Showing compassion. Showing love, Kindness, Selflessness, and Mercy.
In our lives, there are somethings we've in possession that are not meant for us, we may have got them due to 'plentiful'.
Many of us have wears not our size. Shoes smaller or bigger than our foots. We hoard them.
Many of us have spoilt foods that should have been long given out before expiration'.
We know what's ours and what's not.
The best way to receive what we rightfully deserve; is by giving out those things that will change other people lives in our care.
Those things are usually the best we can not ordinarily get.
But Only GIVING can.
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“We don’t negotiate salaries” is a negotiation tactic.
Always. No, your company is not an exception.
A tactic I don’t appreciate at all because of how unfairly it penalizes low-leverage, junior employees, and those loyal enough not to question it, but that’s negotiation for you after all. Weaponized information asymmetry.
Listen to Aditya
And by the way, you should never be worried that an offer would be withdrawn if you politely negotiate.
I have seen this happen *extremely* rarely, mostly to women, and anyway is a giant red flag. It suggests you probably didn’t want to work there.
You wish there was no negotiating so it would all be more fair? I feel you, but it’s not happening.
Instead, negotiate hard, use your privilege, and then go and share numbers with your underrepresented and underpaid colleagues. […]
Always. No, your company is not an exception.
A tactic I don’t appreciate at all because of how unfairly it penalizes low-leverage, junior employees, and those loyal enough not to question it, but that’s negotiation for you after all. Weaponized information asymmetry.
Listen to Aditya
"we don't negotiate salaries" really means "we'd prefer to negotiate massive signing bonuses and equity grants, but we'll negotiate salary if you REALLY insist" https://t.co/80k7nWAMoK
— Aditya Mukerjee, the Otterrific \U0001f3f3\ufe0f\u200d\U0001f308 (@chimeracoder) December 4, 2018
And by the way, you should never be worried that an offer would be withdrawn if you politely negotiate.
I have seen this happen *extremely* rarely, mostly to women, and anyway is a giant red flag. It suggests you probably didn’t want to work there.
You wish there was no negotiating so it would all be more fair? I feel you, but it’s not happening.
Instead, negotiate hard, use your privilege, and then go and share numbers with your underrepresented and underpaid colleagues. […]
