Zero-sum beliefs are blocking success. Why zero-sum-thinking is wrong.
Share to twitterBill Gates and Jack Ma became superrich because their companies improved the lives of so many people.Many people believe that the rich only become rich at the expense of others. This world view is also called zero-sum thinking because its adherents regard economic life as a zero-sum game, just like tennis, where one player has to lose for the other to win.
Under Mao, China was not home to a single billionaire. By 2010, however, the number had risen to 64 thanks to Deng’s capitalist reforms. Today there are 324 billionaires in China, and that’s not counting the 71 billionaires in Hong Kong. Nowadays, no other country in the world—except for the U.S.—has as many billionaires as China. If zero-sum theory were correct, this development would be impossible.
Bill Gates, the second richest man in the world did not become rich by taking anything from the poor, but by giving the world something. And this is not a reference to the billions Gates’ foundation has donated to philanthropic causes, but to the computer hardware and software, including the Office programs, that so many of us use every single day.list, built his wealth on software for customer relationship management databases. He is followed by Mark Zuckerberg at No.
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