Feb 29, 2020 19:00:00

What is the 'crab brain' that can't help pulling people's feet?

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Crab mentality (crab brain) '' means `` When you put some live crabs in a bucket, the other crab pulls on the crab's foot that was about to escape from the bucket first and eventually all crabs escaped I can not compare it to the psychology that draws people's feet. Several researchers and writers are discussing how to escape from such a “crab brain”.

What does crab mentality mean?
https://www.definitions.net/definition/crab+mentality

The Crab Mentality: Why Can't We Be Happy for Other People's Success?
https://www.samwoolfe.com/2018/07/crab-mentality.html

7 Ways to Overcome Crab Mentality – FAQ.ph
https://faq.ph/7-ways-to-overcome-crab-mentality/

Crab mentality | BusinessWorld
https://www.bworldonline.com/crab-mentality/

We are better than crabs, Stop crab mentality! Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/everyone-we-are-better-than-crabs-stop-crab-mentality

The Filipino writer

Ninotchka Rosca first picked up the word `` crab brain '' and said, `` I don't want others to get what I can't get. '' It is a well-known phrase in the Philippines that accurately expresses its disposition. Nevertheless, in Japan, there is a proverb that says, ' Stakes are hit, ' and the thread 'What is the worst thing about living in the UK?' Some respondents say 'brain,' so it's not unrelated to the psyche of envy of others in any country.

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Sam Wolf, a freelance writer based in London, UK, is one of the British who has suffered from his own 'crab brain.' 'It's bitter when you see someone being praised, making new friends, getting a new job, or having a unique and wonderful experience,' said Wolf. In particular, that friend can react the same way to a friend. '

According to Mr Wolff, the `` crab brain '' is born from various factors such as jealousy, shame, malice, anxiety, low self-esteem, self-criticism, competitiveness, but the most significant cause is `` someone's success or Is happiness somehow absorbing the joys of my life? ' If he gets caught up in this idea, he will always compare himself with a person who is better, better, and lucky, and will end up complaining at the end.

'Even if you feel good when you pull your feet, it's just a moment.' Regarding how to get out of the 'crab brain', 'If you do not think about it and try to celebrate the success and happiness of people without giving up, you can improve your inspiration and motivation and use it as a source of growth '

Others have called for the importance of education and mental maturity. Celine Bonus, a resident of the Philippines who claims 'Stop the crab brain!' On the online signing site Change.org, states, 'The Philippines is a developing country where half of its population is not well educated. We don't have the training to live in a coordinated way, and we need some level of education and spirit to rethink and change our culture and customs. '

'Even if an employee strives to make a difference, the result of someone else's result is due to the 'crab brain',' says

Ramon V. del , a business college in Manila. I am Noellen DelosSantos, a master's student at Rosario College of Business .

In organizations where seniority and bureaucratic practices dominate, DelosSantos says that one-sided evaluations of the boss and the top-down decision-making process make the right decisions about the value and results of work. Instead, it will eventually become an organization that pulls legs like a crab. `` By introducing a bottom-up system that draws in opinions from below and summarizes the whole, employees' interest in and motivation for work are improved, and a corporate culture that allows each other to grow, not pull down. Is cultivated, 'delos santos argues.

Victorino Q. Abrugar, a writer of the Philippines information site FAQ.ph, quotes the saying of ancient Roman playwright Publius Sils , 'There is victory where there is unity,' The most effective silver bullet is unity. It is important to understand that helping a person can help oneself. ' Is important.