The Crab Mentality is in existence in our daily life and it is around us which could also has influenced us directly or indirectly; we cannot become The Sea Fish in The Ocean that are not influenced by its surroundings.
Very important for us to understand and be aware of The Crab Mentality for us to be mindful of the harmful way of the thinking.
Crab mentality is a harmful way of thinking that stops our personal growth and success. It makes us believe that if someone else succeeds, we have failed. Such a mindset creates negativity and competition that prevents teamwork and support. It also makes us feel envious and resentful toward successful people.
When a crab in a bucket tries to escape, other crabs instinctively try to drag it back down. All the crabs can easily escape from the bucket, but instead, they grab and pull down each other in a competitive manner, preventing any of them from escaping.
The motto associated with this mentality is, “if I can’t have it, neither can you”.
that a person has a crab mentality, two of which are:
1.0 people who tend to be too proud of themselves and treat others as inferior beings; and
2.0 when individuals are full of positivity for themselves and full of negativity for others.
The metaphor is derived from a behavioral pattern seen in crabs when they are trapped in a container.
THE HORIZON MIND:
The Horizon Mind covers the 6 elements to each topic in the blogs; includes Overview, MyStory, MyAnalysis, Iconic References, Summary and What’s Next.
Horizon is defined as the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet and it is defined as the limit of a person’s knowledge, experience, or interest.
The Horizon Mind discusses the overall topic with iconic references as resemblance of events to be remembered for the betterment of the future. Humans tend to believe things which have some kind of evidence attached to it.
1.0 OVERVIEW
Parents and teachers must have taught their kids about the moral values in story of The Hare and The Tortoise. It is a simple yet powerful story and very significant lessons for kids and adults to adopt and adapt our weaknesses and strengths towards better phases in life, business or even race competition.
The story of The Hare and The Tortoise is a must be taught to all kids for them to understand the mindsets of The Hare and The Tortoise. If it is deeply analysed, it gives a powerful moral story for us to adopt and adapt with our weaknesses and strengths in life, business or a running race.
The story of The Arrogant versus The Persistent, Humble and Focus shows us on how does a humble-persistent yet focused person could achieve successes in life or businesses but the arrogance but powerful person could fail in the journey in life or businesses due to The Titanic Mindsets.
The fable tells the story of a tortoise who, ridiculed by The Hare for being slow, challenges it to a race. The Hare soon leaves The Turtle behind and, confident of winning, take a nap halfway. Upon awakening, The Hare finds that his competitor, crawling slowly but steadily, has arrived before him. This fable shows that at the moment of challenge and encounter, the predetermined outcome was reversed. The strength became a weakness, weakness transformed into strength, and when coupled with steadfastness, truly produced a win.
The story continues in Chapter 2; After being defeated by The Tortoise, The Hare did some soul-searching. He knew that though he had tried hard in the beginning, he was not consistent, and had grown overconfident. He was determined to undo his mistakes, and invited The Tortoise for another race. This time, The Hare was careful to run the whore distance, and of course, emerged the winner of the second race.
The story continues further into Chapter 3. Well, after emerging the loser in the second race, The Tortoise thought long and hard. He knew that in any traditional terrain, The Hare would win, if he was fast and consistent. Therefore, he thought of a non-traditional terrain for the race. Then, he invited The Hare for another race. This time The Hare laughed out loud, thinking that The Tortoise was out of his head. But The Tortoise insisted that there should be another race and the terrain would be decided by The Tortoise. The Hare agreed to the idea.
The race began. The Hare was leading in front, with The Tortoise far back trundling along. Around half way through the race, they came across a river. The Hare halted on the bank of the river, wondering how to cross the river. Meanwhile, the tortoise approached the river slowly, got in to the water and swam across, climbed up o the other bank, ran the last few kilometers, and won the race.
Failure is costly to everyone. One man’s fault is another man’s lesson.
Moral Lessons from The Hare and The Tortoise Story
i. The race is not always to the happening fast (swift).
ii. You can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly.
iii. Persist until you succeed.
iv. Know your strength, believe and do it.
v. The loser now is later to win.
vi. If you are going to sleep before or during a race, remember to set the alarm clock.
vii. Fast and consistent may be better than slow and steady.
viii. When your capabilities are below par, choose a playing ground that gives you a natural advantage.
3 Lessons from The Hare and The Tortoise Story
1. No matter how slow we are, we need to keep moving ahead steadily with complete dedication and determination to achieve our objectives. We should keep walking the path of life despite all the obstacles and stumbling blocks we come across. We should never give up, and persistence will help us be focused, humble, stay on track, and inspired.
2. We should never be overconfident and haughty (proud of). Even if we are better than others in certain skill sets or adept at doing certain tasks, we should not become conceited and think we are the best. Life will humble us and make us eat our own words. Things can change at the flick of a switch, and the best thing to do is living knowing that the only thing we know is that we do not know.
Overconfidence will make us boasting, egoistic and above all rude and disrespectful.
3. We should never compare ourselves to others and complain about our situations. We may not be good at something. That is maybe because we may not want to do it. The Tortoise was never afraid of the challenge though she knew the odds were heavily stacked against her. She never let her differences stop her from competing in the race. Though that The Hare was faster and was always ahead of her throughout the race, she never got discouraged and did not complain about the advantages The Hare had.
4. The Hare and The Tortoise story is one of the most popular moral stories that is taught to children. The Hare and The Tortoise story reiterates the fact that we can only achieve success by doing things slowly, honestly, sincerely and steadily, while carelessness and haste result in failure.
2.0. MY STORY
Experiences in life had taught and had moulded us to become who we are today. As an observer, I had faced a lot of the people of the crab mentality and I would say it exists every day since I was younger, be it within my circle of friends and family, within the communities and within the state and country.
Knowing the harmful effect of this mentality, I had always running away from these kind of people. Discussion for leisure is welcomed but when the discussion starts with the crab mentality then I would slowly depart away from the topic or run away. It is useless to argue with these people with their mentality and perspectives and I would always keep myself at the low profile without arguments.
What is Crab Mentality?
When a crab in a bucket tries to escape, other crabs instinctively try to drag it back down. All the crabs can easily escape from the bucket, but instead, they grab and pull down each other in a competitive manner, preventing any of them from escaping. Similarly, many Asian cultures tend to promote this type of hindering behavior.
When a crab in a bucket tries to escape, other crabs instinctively try to drag it back down. All the crabs can easily escape from the bucket, but instead, they grab and pull down each other in a competitive manner, preventing any of them from escaping.
Signs of Crab Mentality
Immediately offering unwanted criticism/negative comments after someone is successful
Inability to offer praise or congratulations in response to someone else’s success
Lack of compassion when others are struggling
Feeling threatened when others are growing and achieving their goals
Gossiping about someone’s mistakes or failures to others
Feelings of envy or hostility, wishing ill will on others
MY ANALYSIS
DYNE’s Iconic References are resolved towards the way of the mindsets which are including The Titanic Mindset, The Hare & The Tortoise and The Crab Mentality. Then, DYNE bring together another Iconic Reference; The Sea Fish In The Ocean. The main reason for these Iconic References are due to The Mindset Is The King of Everything. When we have the right mindset, we could achieve our target for each of the journey. And we should be reminded that we are humans that are easily being influenced by everything around us and we cannot be like the sea fish in the ocean. They are not salty even though they are always in the salty ocean.
Why people have crab mentality
People’s crab mentality can be attributed to various causes.
First, in some cases, crab mentality is driven by emotional motivation, such as when people want to feel better about themselves. This happens, for example, when crab mentality is used as a tool for coping with envy, or as a way to make someone feel better about their own status, by diminishing the accomplishments of others.
In addition, in some cases, crab mentality is associated with various cognitive biases and other forms of irrationality. This includes, for example, the zero-sum bias, which causes people to mistakenly view certain situations as being zero-sum, meaning that they incorrectly believe that someone else’s gains will come at the expense of their loss. This bias can play a role, for instance, when someone assumes that another person’s progress comes at the expense of their own achievements, even though that’s not the case.
Similarly, another bias that can lead people to have a crab mentality is the bandwagon effect, which is a bias that causes people to think or act in a certain way, because they believe that others are doing the same. This bias can, for instance, lead to the spread of crab mentality spreads among a social group, such as a group of friends at school or a group of coworkers at a workplace, when people start displaying this mentality because they see others doing the same.
Finally, note that crab mentality doesn’t apply to behavior that’s driven primarily by strategic considerations, meaning that it doesn’t apply in cases where the person who displays it expects to directly benefit from it. For example, if your colleague is being considered for a promotion, spreading malicious rumors about them because you’re bitter that you’re not being considered for the promotion does constitute crab mentality, whereas spreading rumors because you think that it will improve your chances of getting the promotion does not.
Overall, people can have crab mentality for various reasons, such as because they’re trying to feel better about themselves, because they view other people’s progress as coming at their own expense, or because they see others displaying the same kind of mentality.
There are many impacts that the crab mentality has on our mental health. Many of us experience feelings of unworthiness, overworking and overproducing, low self-esteem and confidence, disturbances to emotions, anxiety, and fear of failure. With the crab mentality also comes the need to be in competition with others as well as constant comparisons, making it challenging to build relationships with others and celebrate their successes. We can see how the inability to accept our losses and show humility also leads us to become our own harshest critics.
3.0 MY ANALYSIS
DYNE’s Iconic References are resolved towards the way of the mindsets which are including The Titanic Mindset, The Hare & The Tortoise and The Crab Mentality. Then, DYNE bring together another Iconic Reference; The Sea Fish In The Ocean. The main reason for these Iconic References are due to The Mindset Is The King of Everything. When we have the right mindset, we could achieve our target for each of the journey. And we should be reminded that we are humans that are easily being influenced by everything around us and we cannot be like the sea fish in the ocean. They are not salty even though they are always in the salty ocean.
Why people have crab mentality?
People’s crab mentality can be attributed to various causes.
First, in some cases, crab mentality is driven by emotional motivation, such as when people want to feel better about themselves. This happens, for example, when crab mentality is used as a tool for coping with envy, or as a way to make someone feel better about their own status, by diminishing the accomplishments of others.
In addition, in some cases, crab mentality is associated with various cognitive biases and other forms of irrationality. This includes, for example, the zero-sum bias, which causes people to mistakenly view certain situations as being zero-sum, meaning that they incorrectly believe that someone else’s gains will come at the expense of their loss. This bias can play a role, for instance, when someone assumes that another person’s progress comes at the expense of their own achievements, even though that’s not the case.
Similarly, another bias that can lead people to have a crab mentality is the bandwagon effect, which is a bias that causes people to think or act in a certain way, because they believe that others are doing the same. This bias can, for instance, lead to the spread of crab mentality spreads among a social group, such as a group of friends at school or a group of coworkers at a workplace, when people start displaying this mentality because they see others doing the same.
Finally, note that crab mentality doesn’t apply to behavior that’s driven primarily by strategic considerations, meaning that it doesn’t apply in cases where the person who displays it expects to directly benefit from it. For example, if your colleague is being considered for a promotion, spreading malicious rumors about them because you’re bitter that you’re not being considered for the promotion does constitute crab mentality, whereas spreading rumors because you think that it will improve your chances of getting the promotion does not.
Overall, people can have crab mentality for various reasons, such as because they’re trying to feel better about themselves, because they view other people’s progress as coming at their own expense, or because they see others displaying the same kind of mentality.
There are many impacts that the crab mentality has on our mental health. Many of us experience feelings of unworthiness, overworking and overproducing, low self-esteem and confidence, disturbances to emotions, anxiety, and fear of failure. With the crab mentality also comes the need to be in competition with others as well as constant comparisons, making it challenging to build relationships with others and celebrate their successes. We can see how the inability to accept our losses and show humility also leads us to become our own harshest critics.
4.0 ICONIC REFERENCES
The RMS Titanic and The Hare and The Tortoise are the iconic references for the downfall history of Nikon. The Titanic Mindsets of ignorance and hubris in Nikon’s decisions for not getting prepared for the market demands had allowed the other competitors especially Canon to create new lines of product range to accommodate its customers’ demands and the iconic references of The Hare and The Tortoise had made Nikon to ignore the Know-Your-Customer (KYC-1) exercise and Know-Your-Competitor (KYC-2) exercise; to keep abreast with the current situation using the available strengths and weaknesses like what The Tortoise was doing to outbeat The Hare.
5.0 SUMMARY
We need to learn to work together and uplift each other because, truthfully, there is enough room for all of us to be successful. Crab mentality in our families and societies falsely convinces us that there are not enough resources (money, jobs, happiness, love, etc.). Letting go off the crab mentality also makes us more humble and helps us handle our losses and mistakes better. We have to learn to eliminate these toxic traits by practicing a growth mindset, appreciating our own strengths, and recognizing that others have strengths too.
6.0 WHAT'S NEXT?
DYNE’s Iconic Reference of The Hare & The Tortoise explains about the humble tortoise that he knows his capabilities and he uses his capabilities in every way to take the challenges by The Hare. Regardless of The Hare’s advantage of running faster than The Tortoise, he optimises his capabilities to proceed the journey in different terrains and succeeded the race in the third race. The Tortoise does not use the Crab Mentality in the race towards The Hare but persistently carry on with the race step by step, consistently without any toxic mindset or The Crab Mentality.
DYNE’s Iconic References of The Titanic Mindsets, The Hare & The Tortoise, The Sea Fish In The Ocean and The Crab Mindsets should be our focus to nurture our minds to have the right mindsets for us to achieve our destinations in the journeys.
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