The basic concept can be summed up in 2 sentences: Do nice things for people and they'll do nice things for you. Treat them like crap or ask for too much too of

The basic concept can be summed up in 2 sentences: Do nice things for people and they'll do nice things for you. Treat them like crap or ask for too much too often and they'll treat you the same way in return. Which pretty much seems like common sense to me. The idea of a give and take bank account balance is somewhat strange. I can see where the intent is with the metaphore, but I don't think it's an accurate, or, more importantly, entirely healthy one. I prefer to keep my relationships a little more fluid, rather than keeping a record of who owes who how many favors. But maybe I'm in a unique situation with regards to my job, in that my employer is also a really great friend and it's pretty much a given that we'll both do all we can to help the other out, just because we like doing so.