Predatory vs Mutually Beneficial
Apr 13, 2022Video Summary:
I want to talk about two different ways of interacting. The first one includes predatory interactions in which a person can only benefit at someone else's expense. You can only gain when someone else is losing. This is based on a view of limited resources. It's a zero-sum game in that there are only so many resources in the system so you're only going to get more when the other person gets less
The second way of interacting includes mutually beneficial interactions. These win-win interactions are based on a view of unlimited resources. We need to believe that there's enough abundance for both of us if we work together.
The way you view resources is based on your level of consciousness. When you expand your level of consciousness, you literally become conscious of more things, and your world gets bigger. It’s actually the same world, but you see more of it including the unlimited resources that are available to you. And when your world is bigger, mutually beneficial interactions are more profitable than predatory ones.
So when interacting with someone, it's really important to understand if their world is big enough for mutually beneficial interactions. Can they see the abundance? Or is their world relatively small which begets more predatory interactions. This is really good information that allows you to create effective interactions.