Chinese have a ton of issues but what I have learned the most from them is to play the cards you are dealt to the fullest. A Chinese classmate told me that in China they do survival and not what Americans call business.
Doing survival means you have to be on top of your game.
Doing survival means you have to be on top of your game.
We keep worrying about what we are entitled to and keep demanding to be treated equally when the only language most humans understand is defeat.
Nobody willingly relinquishes their advantage over you unless there is something else more important to gain from doing so.
Nobody willingly relinquishes their advantage over you unless there is something else more important to gain from doing so.
I have Eero routers made in America but I cannot access their security features fully because I am using them outside America. I have the same router at my mum’s house in America and the software is vastly different. That is American advantage. They will not give it up easily.
They won't give away what protects and sustains that advantage and that is what Huawei is suffering from till today.
The Chinese are by no means saints. They also protect their advantage in trade and commerce. They also do that by constantly competing against themselves.
The Chinese are by no means saints. They also protect their advantage in trade and commerce. They also do that by constantly competing against themselves.
This is how they can match and surpass the quality of products where others initially have an advantage over them. Americans have patents and rights, the Chinese have brutal competition and constantly testing products in markets globally. We are all their guinea pigs.
The Chinese advantage is to move far ahead of you and make things so affordable that it is cheaper to just buy from them than to produce your own. They hone this advantage back home with excellence in production and manufacturing.
We can't beat them today but we can learn.
We can't beat them today but we can learn.
Excellence starts from little things and small habits. I have met Chinese at the very top running a $50 Billion fund and those at the very bottom selling furniture to me in Accra and living inside their shop. There is one thing they both shared, they were never rude. Very polite.
They kept grounded in who they were and never wanted to be other people. They treated me like a human and knew that for them to succeed, they needed other humans. They didn't shove their culture in my face but respected who I was too. They were curious to learn more.
A few amongst them are racist and uncouth but the most successful were not. The lady who was selling furniture and living in her shop in Accra eventually opened a local factory and bigger shops. She was on course and never wavered. That is what I have learned from them.
Another important part is community. They know the strength of numbers and act as a whole community instead of individuals. The fund manager and the furniture seller were all part of a bigger African and global Chinese strategy. They all had one purpose - To sell Chinese products
China sells to survive. That is why they thrive.
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