A brilliant metaphor created by Dudley Lynch and Paul Kordis of the Brain Technologies Institute - shark, carp and dolphin.
There are three types of animals: carp, sharks and dolphins. The carp is docile, passive and when attacked does not move away or retaliate. She doesn't fight even when provoked. It considers itself a victim, conformed to its destiny.
Someone has to sacrifice, the carp sacrifices. She sacrifices herself because she believes there is scarcity. In that case, to stop suffering she sacrifices herself. Carps are those people who in a negotiation always give in, are always the ones who back down; in crises they sacrifice themselves because they cannot see others sacrifice themselves. They play the lose-win, lose so the other can win.
Statement that the carp makes to itself:
"I am a carp and I believe in scarcity. Because of this belief, I never hope to do or have enough. So if I can't escape learning and responsibility by staying away from them, I usually sacrifice myself."
In this sea there is another type of animal: the shark. The shark is aggressive in nature, attacks even when unprovoked. He also believes that he will be missing. There is more, he believes that, since it will be missing, that is missing for another, not for him!
"I'll take care of someone!" The shark spends all the time looking for victims to devour because he believes victims may be missing. Which victims are shark favorites? Hit the carps. Both shark and carp end up addicted to their systems. They usually act automatically and irresistibly. Sharks play the win-lose, they always have to win, regardless of whether the other loses.
Statement the shark makes to himself:
"I'm a shark and I believe in scarcity. Because of this belief, I try to get as much as I can without any regard for others.
First, I try to beat them; if I can't, I try to join them. "
The third type of animal: the dolphin. Dolphins are docile by nature. Now when attacked retaliate and if a group of dolphins finds a carp being attacked they defend the carp and attack their attackers.
The "True" Dolphins are some of the most prized creatures from the deep. We may suspect that they are very intelligent - perhaps, in their own way, more intelligent than Homo Sapiens. Their brains, of course, are big enough - about four pounds, a little larger than the average human brain - and the dolphin's associative cortex, the part of the brain that specializes in abstract and conceptual thinking, is larger than the average. our. And it is a brain, as those fervent enthusiasts dedicated to strengthening the bonds between our species and theirs, who have been as large as ours, or greater than ours, for at least 30 million years will quickly observe.
The behavior of dolphins around sharks is legendary, and probably they have earned that fame. Using their intelligence and cunning, they can be deadly to sharks. Kill them to bites? Oh no! Dolphins swim around and hammer, swim and hammer. Using their bulbous snouts as maces, they methodically crush the shark's "rib cage" until the deadly creature slides helplessly to the bottom.
But more than its shark-fighting expertise, we chose the dolphin to symbolize our ideas on how to make decisions and cope with times of rapid change because of this mammal's natural ability to think constructively and creatively. Do dolphins think? No doubt. When they don't get what they want, they change their behavior accurately and quickly, sometimes ingeniously, to pursue what they want. Dolphins always seek balance, play win-win, always seek solutions that meet everyone's needs.
Statement the dolphin makes to himself:
"I am a dolphin and I believe in potential scarcity and abundance. Just as I believe I can have either of these two things - this is our choice - and that we can learn to make the most of our strength and use our resources in a way elegant, the cornerstones of how I create my world are flexibility and the ability to do more with fewer features. "
If dolphins can do that, why not us?
