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The so-called "negative-sum game" refers to the result of the conflict and struggle between the two sides, the gains are greater than the losses, and the sum of the results is negative, which is a lose-lose game, and both sides have different degrees of losses as a result.

During the Warring States period, there was a very clever and humorous man named Chun Yuji, who knew that King Xuan of Qi was preparing to attack the Wei State. He went to Jin to see King Qi Xuan and said, "King, have you heard the story of Han Zilu and Dong Guo Qian?" Han Zilu is the best hunting dog in the world, and Dong Guo Qian is the most famous cunning rabbit in the world. One day, Han Zilu was chasing Dong Guo Qian, one was desperately fleeing in front, and the other was desperately chasing in the back, and the result was! Both of them ran until they were exhausted and could not move, and they all collapsed at the foot of the mountain and died. At this time, a farmer happened to pass by, and he took them home without difficulty, boiled them and ate them. ”

When King Qi Xuan heard this, he said, "What does this have to do with me going to attack Wei?" Chun Yuji: "King, now that the State of Qi is sending troops to attack the State of Wei, it must not be able to win in a short period of time." In the end, both sides will make the people destitute and lose both, not only will the common people suffer, but the country's military strength will also be greatly damaged, in case the Qin State and the Chu State take the opportunity to attack us, wouldn't it give them the opportunity to swallow the Qi State and the Wei State together? King Qi Xuan listened to Chunyu's words and felt that it made sense, so he stopped his plan to attack Wei.

The story of Han Zilu and Dong Guo Qian, told by Chun Yulu in this case, is a typical example of a negative-sum game, they were originally safe and sound, and chasing each other made the end miserable. Chun Yuyu used this example to warn King Xuan of Qi not to send troops to attack Wei, which ended in defeat for both sides.

Judging from the above story, the so-called "negative sum game" refers to the result of the conflict and struggle between the two sides, the gains are greater than the losses, and the sum of the results is negative, which is a lose-lose game, and both sides have different degrees of losses as a result. In life, siblings compete with each other for things, and the result is easy to form this kind of lose-lose game.

A pair of twin sisters, their mother bought them two toys, a blonde Czech doll in national costume, and a toy buggy that runs autonomously. Seeing the Czech doll, the two sisters liked it at the same time, and they both hated the off-road vehicle toy, they agreed that the off-road vehicle was a boy's play, so both of them wanted to monopolize the cute doll, so the contradiction appeared, the sister wanted this doll, the sister didn't let it, the sister also wanted to snipe, the sister didn't agree, so simply throw away the toy, no one wanted.

In the workplace, similar situations often occur, in the process of getting along, the two parties to the communication for their own interests or possessiveness, but can not reach a unity between each other, so that the communication produces conflicts and contradictions, and the result is that both parties to the communication suffer losses.

Xiao Wang is a salesman of a company. He ran a whole year of business for the company, year-end settlement, according to the original plan, he can get a sales commission of 30,000 yuan, Xiao Wang is thinking about it, now he can have a good year. When he asked the company to fulfill his promise, he found that the boss was hesitant, saying that the company's capital turnover was difficult, and that the percentage of the commission was wrong, and he was always unwilling to cash it to Xiao Wang immediately.

Coincidentally, at this time, the company had a payment for him to collect, almost 30,000 yuan. Xiao Wang thought to himself, since the boss didn't give him money, he didn't do anything, he accepted the money, and refused to pay it. So, he and his boss both raised their fists and went to the police station. The final situation can be imagined, Xiao Wang was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment by the court in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations for embezzling the company's money without permission, and the boss who did not speak counted, also made customers and his employees stay away, and the company's business plummeted and soon went out of business.

It can really be said that if you don't believe in your words, you will lose both. It was originally a good company, but because of the boss's dishonesty and the ignorance of the business personnel to the law, it was only 30,000 yuan, and it was a pity to cause such consequences. In order to fight for their own interests, both sides of the game end up with no one to get it. In life, we often hear the words: "What I can't get, you can't even imagine." This kind of negative-sum game, which no one can get, seems to be able to balance the psychology of both sides.

In fact, many things can be resolved through negotiation, such as the case of the doll mentioned above, the sisters can completely negotiate and solve. Since both of them like it, they can play together and treat it as public property, or they can let their sister play for a few days first, and then let their sister play for a few days, so that they don't throw it away. Of course, things like salesmen who can't get commissions should be actively fought for, and they can be solved through legal channels.

Enterprises must avoid the emergence of negative sum games in the process of operation, and if they always maintain themselves, the enterprise will inevitably embark on the road of self-destruction.