1 Basic introduction
The law of natural selection is the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest, the survival of the fittest, and the jungle in nature. It includes two basic attributes. First, its natural attributes; The other is its social attribute. Natural attributes are influenced by objective factors of nature, not by human nature and social factors. The natural resources are limited, and only the strong can get the most. It is embodied in the plant kingdom. The social attribute of the law of the jungle is generally embodied in the animal kingdom.
As a higher animal, when productivity and technology are developed, especially in modern times, human beings use their own subjective will to turn many natural attributes of jungle laws into objective facts based on human will.
For example, people can change the species, living conditions and environment of animals and plants, and also decide their life and death conditions, artificially changing the natural attribute of the law of the jungle, which is the social attribute of the law of the jungle.
People can also change human production, life, living conditions, environment, life and death. Judging from Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought's dialectical materialism, class struggle is the decisive factor. And class and class struggle are determined by the world outlook.
Two main characteristics
The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest
A stout tree grows in the jungle. Its top tries to seek the most sunshine and rain upward; Its thick branches occupy as much space as possible and breathe the freshest air; Its roots are extremely lush, in order to absorb the essence of the earth. However, next to the big tree, several thin small trees are struggling on the edge of survival. Their branches are thin and crisp, and their leaves are close to yellow.
The little tree stared angrily at the big tree: "You are strong enough, why do you want to limit my growth?" The tree looked at it indifferently and said coldly, "For me, your growth is always a threat. This is the jungle, and the jungle is its most typical feature. "
It is inevitable that there is a jungle law in nature. Because the biological resources of the whole nature are limited in total, in order to survive and multiply, there will naturally be competition between you and me without me, and the creatures with insufficient strength have to be eliminated and become the first-class creatures in the biological chain. As the saying goes, "The big fish eat small fish, the small fish eat shrimp, and the shrimp eat mud" is the most popular description of this phenomenon. The law of the jungle The spring breeze blows a seed of grass under a big tree. A few days later, the seed stretched out a tender little face from the gap in the soil, shyly swaying and looking at the big world. Dewdrops are dripping from the branches of big trees, nourishing the lush grass. Cao Er looked up: "Uncle, thank you for your help!" ""Ha ha ha ha ... "Big tree's vigorous laughter echoed in the jungle:" You're welcome, the law of the jungle seems to help each other. Just rest assured that no matter what happens, I will do my best to help you. " The grass was moved to tears. It grows tall and falls down again and again, and finally grows into a green lawn. Seeing this scene, the little tree, who had been silent, asked inexplicably, "Are you crazy? Why do you grow so hard? "The grass replied," I can't live up to Mr. Dashu's hope. " The little tree scoffed, shook his head and sneered, "He is very stingy. Seeing him squeeze me like this, I have no place to stand. " "But why does it treat me so differently?" "Because your existence will not only pose a threat to it, but also maintain the land under its feet and make the soil where it lives fertile. "
In the jungle, there are not only bloody jungles, but also mutual benefit is an important part of the jungle law. It is a wise choice to cooperate with other creatures. Fish and chickens can live in groups to avoid the tragic situation of being eliminated by the strong; A wolf may be weak in the face of a stronger opponent, while a group of wolves are invincible and no one can mess with them. It can be seen that the purpose of mutual benefit is to obtain more and better resources and to achieve a win-win situation.
It rained heavily in the evening. The next day, when the sun rose, the wind stopped raining. To everyone's surprise, the trunk of the big tree was broken, and the huge body was lying on the ground in disorder, while the small tree next to it stood there unharmed. The big tree asked the little tree strangely, "How can you be all right in such a strong wind?" I am too strong to escape death, but you weak people can escape. The little tree said, "It was your height that led to your destruction." Have you forgotten the old adage that "a big tree attracts the wind" and "a beautiful tree will be destroyed in the forest wind"? "
This is also the law of the jungle, and the strong and weak positions in the jungle cannot remain unchanged forever. Only by seizing every opportunity, honing our will and exercising can we win in the competition.
The law of the jungle is a concept of sociology and politics, which means that in a society where the rule of law is not perfect, authoritarian life, interpersonal relationships and personal and organizational relationships all follow the law of the jungle, and force becomes the decisive force to decide fate and life and death.
2. 1 Front view
Natural selection, survival of the fittest, if you can not adapt to the environment, you can only be eliminated by the environment.
When the strength is weak, it is a strategy to unite with Lian Heng.
Similar competition, heterogeneous * * * wins.
Strength can be reversed, so always have a sense of crisis.
2.2 Negative views
However, some people think that the law of the jungle is not completely applicable to human society, because human society is different from the primitive jungle of disorderly competition after all, and human society is composed of intelligent creatures. In the development of human society, with the continuous improvement of civilization, people will not always stay in the state of the jungle. Power is truth, which is not feasible in human society. Even if it exists temporarily, it will not last long, because human beings are different from lower creatures, and the strong or the weak are also temporary. People should be equal, and everyone has the right to enjoy natural human rights.
The law of the jungle is just a saying used by the so-called strong and the weak who are willing to be bullied in human society to deceive themselves. This statement may deceive most people or a few people for a long time, but it is impossible to deceive everyone forever.
In nature, as an intelligent life at the top of the food chain, human beings can't completely follow the law of the jungle, because from the ecological point of view of the earth, if we completely follow the law of the jungle, then human beings can grab the earth's resources indefinitely for their own development, which will eventually destroy nature and then affect human survival, that is, the law of the jungle will destroy human beings themselves!
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3. 1 Enlightenment from the viewpoint
3.2 The strong fight for the world
Strive for the world, only the strong respect. In the social jungle, only by being competitive can we play freely and not be trampled on.
King Wu conquered Zhou and established the Zhou Dynasty, which not only occupied the original territory of Shang Dynasty, but also conquered many small countries around it. In order to firmly control this large territory, King Wu divided the land into clansmen and advisers with the same surname, and asked them to establish a vassal state on their own territory, on the one hand, to guard the security of the Zhou Dynasty, on the other hand, the vassal state also paid tribute to the Zhou King. If any vassal refuses to obey, he will be severely punished, and the Zhou royal family has also established a special punishment institution for this.
Besides, the United States has no reason to attack Iraq. Because it is powerful, it can be said that it is looking for weapons of mass destruction, and it can also be said that it is liberating Iraq and realizing democracy. In the Iraq war, the US military's high-tech "iron fist" wantonly attacked Iraq, which was almost helpless, just like the fierce leopard teasing the antelope in the African wilderness. This can not help but remind people of General Patton's famous saying: War is the most spectacular competition of mankind! In the competition, people can do whatever they want. In battle, the strong win and the weak die.
However, it is not so easy to be a strong man. We must seize the opportunity, struggle according to the time, the situation and the events, in order to win the position of the strong.
From 230 BC to 22 BC1year, Ying Zheng, king of Qin, destroyed the six eastern countries successively and established the first unified centralized monarchy in China history. However, the demise of the Qin Dynasty and the unification of the six countries did not rely solely on the superiority of troops, but were closely related to the overall situation at that time, the aspirations of the people, the preparations made at all times, the strength of Qin State and the strategy of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. These are all preparations for world hegemony, and they are also necessary conditions for Qin to compete for world hegemony. It is for these reasons that the six eastern countries were unable to resist Qin Jun's attack, and Qin was able to unify the world.
However, "it is more difficult to conquer the world, and it is more difficult to sit on the ground." It is not easy to win world hegemony and maintain a leading position for a long time. After the dog army was killed in Lishan, the Zhou royal family declined and was forced to move to Luoyi. The strong among the vassal States competed with each other and annexed the weak countries. Expand your own territory, build your own huge power, and strive to win the world. Faced with such a crisis, Zhou Pingwang seems to have no brilliant idea, but is willing to be trampled upon. As a result, a new round of hegemons once again dominated the world.
Compared with Zhou Pingwang, Qin Shihuang was much wiser on this point. In order to consolidate his dominant position, he took a series of extraordinary measures to stabilize himself for 12 years, although he failed to achieve universal peace.
Looking back at what the "heroes" who lost their hegemony did, it seems that it is not difficult to draw the reasons for their failure:
Subjectively: too obsessed with one's own advantages, often taking the backward pursuers as their reference, so that they lose the motivation to advance and surpass. Objectively speaking, all ambitious people have the intention of winning the world and are constantly gaining momentum in the dark. Once they have the chance, no one will show mercy.
No wonder Song Taizu said, "Needless to say, what happened to Jiangnan? But how can others sleep soundly when the whole family is at the bedside? "
Don't forget: be careful to sail for thousands of years.
3.3 Alliance is also wisdom
Obviously, the feeling of being suppressed by the leader is very unpleasant, so the weak often take the method of alliance to make themselves feel better.
When Mongolia was just reunified, it was bullied and oppressed, so Genghis Khan decided to unite with Song to attack Jin, which benefited Mongolia a lot, not only suppressed Jin's arrogance, but also made himself stronger.
Economist Zhong Pengrong's article "Puppy Economy has Advantages" also shows that it is wise and wise to take an alliance when your strength is not enough to fight against a powerful opponent. In the article, he first listed the scenes that often appear on the African prairie: several small German shepherds, one responsible for harassment, one responsible for driving away and one responsible for pouncing, can actually eat a big zebra.
Then he concluded: "The secret of three puppies eating a big zebra is a clear division of labor and close cooperation. It is precisely because everyone has a clear division of labor, performs their duties and never wavers that they have the advantages of division of labor and the energy of cooperation. In economic work, many economic activities are also completed in this way of division of labor and cooperation. I call this kind of economic activity puppy economy. "
In the economic development of Wenzhou, there are many such "puppy economies". For example, the shoes in Wenzhou, most of the finished shoes are not produced by one company, but by many manufacturers related to shoes-those who produce soles, those who produce uppers, and those who are responsible for gluing. They cooperate to produce finished shoes. These manufacturers can't monopolize the market because they don't have enough financial strength and technological advantages. But after such a combination, the "puppy economy" has an advantage over the "big zebra", which is also the reason why Wenzhou's economy is so active.
However, although cooperation can be effective, it should not be irrational.
P&G's Tide washing powder and Unilever's "Secret" washing powder are competitors of the same grade, because both are internationally renowned brands, and their prices are obviously higher than those of domestic brands. At first, it was a peaceful place, enjoying the high-priced washing powder market in Chinese mainland. However, the good times did not last long. With the gradual development of washing powder such as Carving Brand and Qiqiang, the tide and mystery in 1999 can't be ignored, so they compete to reduce prices, and the past calm disappears instantly.
Because of the high product cost of foreign-funded enterprises, Tide began to "miss" the golden age before, and because the past peace brought high profits to both sides, Tide decided not to cut prices, but also to raise prices immediately, hoping to take this market action to send a signal to the mystery to stop fighting, so as to achieve the goal of continuing peace between the two sides on medium and high-priced washing powder. It's a pity that Mimi has her own sober understanding and continues to increase the price to the current middle price. The result can be imagined: Tide suffered heavy losses, and the sales volume reached the lowest in history, while Mimi picked up a big bargain and firmly occupied the leading position of middle-priced washing powder. Later, Tide finally recovered from the setback, and in 2002, the price was reduced to lower than the secret.
In this case, Mi Gu and Chao, although they have cooperated before, can't cooperate forever; When there is a conflict of interest, competition is inevitable, and the fantasy of "peace" is naive. In fact, the desperate struggle between "mystery" and "tide" is a normal phenomenon.
There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. This is the value principle that Americans pursue when dealing with international relations. Now it is accepted by more and more countries, including China, although it runs counter to China's traditional values. Because China's traditional values of "money is like dirt, benevolence and righteousness are precious" don't quite conform to the law of the jungle.
Who says the big picture is set?
There are two words that are well said, "If you fall behind, you will be beaten". "Since ancient times, human society has taken the law of the jungle for granted." Therefore, any weak person should not give up on himself, in that case, it will only be ravaged by the strong.
In fact, the weak really should not give up the gap between themselves and the strong, because the strong is only produced in a specific environment. If the environment changes, the situation still does not know how to develop. Haven't you ever heard of "oranges born in Huainan and oranges born in Huaibei"?
There is also a story that shows that the environment is different and judges the pros and cons.
There are "dog skins" on the roadside. This kind of grass always grows tenaciously in a small place where cars run over and step on Mafu by the roadside, and often encroaches on the middle of a path that is not too wide. One day, someone saw that this kind of grass has such tenacious vitality, and they had a whim to transplant this kind of grass to their own homes, build a small lawn at home, and often water and fertilize it.
After a period of time, many weeds grew on the small lawn. The man keeps the lawn "pure" by manually pulling out weeds. But the weeds grew too fast and finally had to give up.
Half a year later, this lawn, which was supposed to be covered with dog skin ribs, became a hundred herbs garden, and the dog skin ribs in it disappeared.
Why can "dog skin steak" grow well in harsh environment, but it can't survive under careful care? It turns out that this kind of "dog skin steak" is particularly resistant to "trampling". In the environment where the roadside is constantly trampled, other weeds can't stand and can't survive. Instead, it has become a "paradise" for "dog skin steak". In a relatively superior environment, if other weeds are not restricted, there is no chance to grow wildly. The "dog skin" naturally growing on the ground lost its competitiveness and was gradually covered by weeds until it lost its "right" to survive.
It is often said that market competition means survival of the fittest. But think about it carefully, what is "excellent" and what is "bad"? This seemingly obvious question is actually difficult to answer. Because the advantages and disadvantages are related to environmental conditions.
I was born useful, and no one needs to doubt it. Wu Shihong, former general manager of Microsoft China, said: "There are too many outstanding talents in China. Many ordinary people's lives are full of sudden changes, discoveries and adventures, and many beautiful or tragic stories are buried in everyone's heart. Many people are very talented, which may be similar or more difficult to explore, and some may have the opportunity to gradually emerge and find a conspicuous or inconspicuous stage in society. However, many people can only be hidden dragon and crouching tiger before finding such a focus. "
Therefore, even the weak should firmly believe in Charles de Gaulle's famous saying-who said that the defeat is set? As long as we don't fight until the last minute, we may become stronger-
"We really lost the battle, and we have been trapped by the mechanized units of the enemy army and air force. We were defeated not only because of the large number of Germans, but also because of their planes, tanks and strategies. It was the enemy's planes, tanks and strategies that made our generals panic and even made this decision.
"But don't lose, there is no hope of victory? No, you can't say that.
"Please believe me, because I'm completely sure what I said. I want to tell you that France has not lost, and one day we will turn ourselves into victory by the same means that we have defeated us at present. "
This is part of a radio address delivered by General Charles de Gaulle when the French army suffered major setbacks. The excerpt here is just to show that as long as faith is still there, strength can be reversed.
However, one thing can never be ignored, that is, we must not blindly expand in order to become stronger. Especially in enterprise management. Blind expansion often brings fatal trauma to enterprises.
Texas Instruments is one of the top instrument manufacturers in the United States. Seeing that IBM, Apple and other companies make a lot of money by making computers, they have also invested huge sums of money in an attempt to enter this emerging field. However, doing well in the field of instrument manufacturing does not mean that you can do computers. The computer company of Texas Instruments did not perform well, and as a result, it withdrew from the computer field after losing more than one billion dollars.
Visible, enterprise management should pay attention to strength and strategy, enterprises can't just rely on courage and arbitrary. All decisions must be within the company's own ability, otherwise the lighter will be in debt and the heavier will go bankrupt.
3.4 The secret of success
Core idea
The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest; Natural Selection, survival of the fittest.
Application skills
Pursuing Excellence and adapting to the environment; Assess the situation and seize the opportunity.
Application fields: politics, economy, social life, military, enterprise management, organization management.
After studying, you can deeply understand and effectively solve the following problems:
1. adapt to environmental problems
2. Competition issues
3. Merger, cooperation and expansion of enterprises
4. Alliance issues
5. Competition for resources
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Now people are always talking about the jungle law of the international community. What is the law of the jungle? In fact, there is no profound theory. You only need to watch the program Animal World to know everything. On the African prairie, although there are many kinds of animals, there are only two, one is herbivorous and the other is carnivorous. Carnivores are at the top of the food chain, and herbivores are in the middle. Which of the two animals is more comfortable? Obviously a carnivore, lions spend most of the day sleeping and resting, and seldom spend time hunting, because meat is rich in nutrition and high in calories, and can be eaten for several days at a meal. Those herbivores, especially the larger ones, eat most of the day, otherwise they can't meet the needs of their bodies. The herbivores worked hard for a long time and finally gained some meat. Finally, they may become food for lions, cheetahs and hyenas. This is the basic point of the law of the jungle: the law of the jungle. But there is another set of rules among carnivores, which is to divide the sphere of influence and decide the order of eating according to the size and position in the group. In order to compete for the sphere of influence among carnivores, eliminate potential opponents, improve their position in the group and get the right to eat first, there will also be struggles, but this struggle and the contradiction between carnivores and herbivores are two different contradictions. No matter how strong a lion is, it will not take the initiative to attack hyenas unless hyenas pose a major threat to it. Because hyenas also have teeth, they have the ability to defend themselves. If you risk getting hurt to solve a lunch, the price will be too high.
The international community today is no different from the African grasslands. International struggle is not wishful thinking. I have a longing for peace, saying that peaceful development is the common aspiration of mankind, but the war of mankind began from primitive society. Therefore, you can't think about the problem with wishful thinking, and your wishes come true. We should solve this problem realistically. Our life is better now than before, but we don't want to see our hard-earned money, which has been worked hard for half a day, easily taken away by others under the unreasonable international economic order and favorable international economic and trade rules formulated by western countries. Nowadays, the competition for various resources in the world is becoming increasingly fierce. You can't always hide your strength and wait at home. If China can't participate in international resource allocation on an equal footing as soon as possible, I'm afraid you've lost your job and gained courage. In the end, you will still be empty-handed. According to some people, China is not strong enough now, and it is not too late to compete for hegemony when it is strong. If the Japanese thought so, I'm afraid Japan is not as good as China now. Now the United States may not give China enough time for China to rise in the gradual reform. Why? You are now in the weakest period, and everyone knows what the result of your gradual progress is. Deng Xiaoping's phrase "hide one's strength and bide one's time" has also been translated into English, and people are not unaware of it. The purpose of hegemonic countries now is to drain China's domestic resources and then make you regret it. In 200 1 year, US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld told the US Senate Armed Services Committee: The experience he gained in his past business was that he defeated his opponent with the least effort before he could rise. We should understand this now, time waits for no one. If China wants to develop better, it must squeeze into the ranks of "carnivores" as soon as possible.