Everybody dreams of becoming the best in every aspect in the human life where there are competitions. We join contests to win. We fight to prove we are the greatest. We all want to get the golden cup or the sparkling medal for recognition of our glory and hard work. In short, we are all born to fight just like the saying “survival of the fittest”.
In our way to the top, we gather friends and peers for help and support. They make our goal-hunting easier and hassle-free. Providing laughter and smiles to wash the tiring competitiveness away.
But of course, when the road to our goals gets nearer, everything changes from flowers to thorns. Earlier, I have said that everyone wants to become the best. But sometimes, some of this “everyone” is your friend.
This is when the war begins. JEAOUSY. ENVY. CRAB MENTALITY
People start to drag others down so they could work their way to the top. Either you deny it or not, we possess this attitude. Crab Mentality. To win, we strive with our best until we realize that our best is not enough, we resort to our last option. The dark evil ones: backstabbing, lies, gossip, etc. All of these under crab mentality. We destroy whatever good we have gathered through the way just for the prize on top. The flowery – friendly adventure has turned into greedy self – centering quests.
What we don’t realize is that our friends, the memories, the smiles, the laughters…everything, is more than the prize that we kill for. All we have to do is open our eyes and see this. Then, everything will be more different starting from you...DON'T TURN GREEN WITH ENVY....strive hard to level up, if not, then for your neighbor's sake... appreciate other's achievements, lifestyle, assets and their fabulous boyfriends. Or live in your frugal ways, saving for your rainy days, anyways you don't appreciate luxury so stay within your budget and wallet.
This term is broadly associated with short-sighted, non-constructive thinking rather than a unified, long-term, constructive mentality. It is also often used colloquially in reference to individuals or communities attempting to "escape" a so-called "underprivileged life", but kept from doing so by others attempting to ride upon their coat-tails or those who simply resent their success.
Crab mentality, sometimes referred to as, crabs in the bucket, describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase" IF I CANT'T HAVE IT, NEITHER SHOULD YOU". The metaphor refers to a pot of CRABS...singly, the crabs could easily escape from the pot, but instead they grab each other in a useless "king on the hill competition" which prevents any from escaping and ensures their COLLECTIVE DEMISE. The analogy in human behaviour is that -a group or individual will attemp to "pull down"(negate or diminish the importance of) any member who achieve SUCCESS beyond the others.,
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