The law of the chickens

Either you stand out from the crowd, or you are assimilated by the chickens.

What is the "Law of the Chicken Flock"

What is the Law of the Chicken Flock? That is to say, if you are a crane and fall into a flock of chickens for whatever reason, either you will Stand out from the crowd, or you will be assimilated by the crowd. Teacher Zhao Yuping of "Hundred Schools Forum" once said that if a crane has to gregarious with chickens, there are only two final results, either it can only be assimilated by the chickens, or it can be forced to death by the chickens.

If you stand out from the crowd and cannot be assimilated, then the crane is too outstanding compared to the chickens and is destined to be the target of public criticism. Because the lower the level of the circle, the less others will see your outstanding life. The more mediocre the circle is like a "chicken flock", the more likely there will be a phenomenon of "I can't live well, and you can't live well either."

This also just proves a law: the circle you are in determines your destiny. In a low-level circle, no matter how powerful you are, you will eventually become mediocre and disappear from everyone.

The Story of the Law of Chickens

Little A said that I didn’t get along well with my colleagues and was not appreciated by my boss. My colleagues only play games every day. Apart from working, I read books in my free time to recharge myself. I look down on them, and they look down on me, thinking I'm pretending. Everyone around me was living in a hazy way. Although I stayed in the same circle as them and did similar things, I always felt that I was different from them.

As time went by, Little A felt very tired and anxious. He feels that he is very different from his colleagues, but he seems to have not made any breakthroughs. A few years later, he is still in the same position.

There are also people like this around us who complain that everyone around them is not good enough, but at the same time feel proud that they are a little better. Just like the crane standing out among the chickens, at a glance, it stands out among the chickens. But in fact, a real crane will not always stand among the chickens, nor should it stand among the chickens.

The Story of the Law of the Chicken

Becoming the best in a small circle will only make us paralyzed by a temporary sense of superiority and unable to see the bigger sky. Being with mediocre people for a long time will also weaken our ambition and make us lose the motivation to move forward.

Some people say that human life is a process of jumping up and down the stairs. When you look down, you can be complacent, after all, there are so many people under your feet; but when you look up, you will find yourself insignificant, after all, there is still a long way to go. The reason why trees are beautiful in the forest is because the forest is not big; the reason why they are better than others is because everyone is mediocre.

Many times, what limits your development is not necessarily your ability and IQ, but the small circle you are in.

The Enlightenment of the Law of Chickens

Living with rats, you can only learn to create food in the gutter.

Mediocre people always spend time having fun and getting along with them, and you will waste a lot of time. If you stay with them for a long time, you may lose the motivation to improve and never want to do it again. Change. Even if you are a crane, if you stay with a group of chickens for a long time, you will turn into a chicken. If a person stays in a low-level circle for a long time, he will only continue to lower his level. Only by being with better people will you become better. Who you are with is who you become.

In the movie "Partners in China", Cheng Dongqing, who comes from a poor family and took the exam for three years before coming to Beijing, was first asked about his dream and said he wanted to see Tiananmen Square. When he actually came to Beijing, he found that his classmates' dreams were all to study abroad.

The Enlightenment of the Law of Chickens

So, he began to approach them. He studied hard, learned English hard, and talked shamelessly with foreign friends... Although he failed to go abroad later, he relied on his own accumulation to establish a top English training school in China.

There is a saying that goes well: "If you want to flap your wings and fly like an eagle, you can't associate with the geese, but walk with the eagles." If you want to be a truly strong person, you have to make friends with truly powerful people. friends and integrate into higher-level circles. The shortest way to success is to grow with great people.

In the journey of life, the attitude you take to move forward often has a lot to do with the people around you. If the people around you are working hard, you will work hard to make progress; if the people around you are confused, you will be doing nothing all day long. Only by staying away from the "chickens" and trying to get closer to the "cranes" can a person spread his wings and fly to his own sky.

Meet a better self.