Why Do people Discourage Others From Taking Opportunities They Benefited From?

[Yeesha]

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

To me, this is as a result of personal difference, some people are naturally greedy because they don't want people to do what they are Also doing. As in when they are benefiting from something they just want to only be the benefactor, but provided it involved other people they act cold or negatively. Some people don't mind everyone doing it, but if the opportunity is limited and involving many people will reduce their chance of taking big shear, they discourage others from taking further step.

Apart from that, human always have that mentality that too Many people involving in particular project reduce the chances of benefiting from it.

It depends on everyone's mentality. They are different reasons why some people discourage others from taking opportunities that they are benefiting from, it could be either greed, fear, selfishness, insecurity, composition, act of jealousy, to have the opportunity to feel more superior among others, and so on. For me, I see nothing wrong with introducing someone to my source of income, because no matter what, anything that is meant for you will be yours despite the presence of others, because there is no competition in destiny, what will be, will definitely be. There is no way you will prosper or progress if you don't wish for others to progress, because we rise by lifting others. Even if someone do not wish you well, and you you have good intentions towards them, there is no way their bad wishes will get to you, because God will fight your battles for you. While you are busy progressing, they will be busy conspiring against you, without you noticing it, and that will hinder their progress.

[Issa56]

There are cases where someone will refuse sharing an update with you because they don't want to help you,

That’s so bad, if what you are sharing is not going to affect you in any way, then try and help people as long as it’s not going to affect you also. If you help someone, it’s not going to stop you from earning, so it’s better you help someone also, if you know the person really worth helping, why won’t you help the person. If I have any useful information, I do share it with people so that they also going to benefit from it.

that's a extreme case of selfishness and that's just peculiar to certain individuals. For the majority of others and what's most popular, most people intentionally refuse sharing update with Thier friends because they will be lazy about it and might go all out telling others about it.

I don’t think am going to be having a update, and am not going to share it with my family members and friends, why will you be having money, and people close to you are going to be suffering, it doesn’t make any sense to me, if am having update, I share it with people I know it’s not going to cause problem if I help them.

[I_Anime]

I will say is the fear of it getting too saturated, which is not suppose to be like that . I usually say one of the vital thing to success is information. Many folks have the information than can change a lot of folks lives , but still they won’t share due to the fear of it getting over saturated due to alot of folks being aware of it . For instance someone that’s into crypto airdrop , stumble upon a good project and he figure out that once he share the information, the information may reach out to a lot of folks which will make the project reward reduce . But the truth is that is shouldn’t be like that because they where others too before the information gets to you.

[Freeveto]

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

Emotions can make us jealous sometimes, and you might be unhappy with others success, or wish you have something more than theirs, it is not normal, but we can control our emotions if we want to avoid completion that will lead to envy. Competition is real, you can’t stop competing if you want to achieve something good for yourself but discouraging others just because you don’t want them to achieve it is very wrong.

[Faisal2202]

There is a difference between saying do your research before joining and deliberately making an opportunity sound useless simply because you do not want more proper competing with you. People sometimes want others to succeed but only up to the point where that success does not compete with their own.

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

I have done it. For example, if I have made some money from X job, but someone close to me whom I know wants to do the same job, I will let them do it. Like, I won't become a hurdle and even will guide them, but I will also tell them the future of it. Like, if I am doing SEO right now, I used to write articles before, but now the game has changed a lot, so someone stepping into this field has to be specific in one skill to make money. So my guide would be different from what I did so they could grow and start making money earlier.

If they follow the exact same path as I did, then they will reach nowhere, but this can only be understood by me. They can't understand unless they trust me and do as I said.

But these days, no matter what you do to make people happy, one bad or wrong word can make you the villain. I have been there, so I would say, give them what they want. That's it.

[Berry2d]

Among all being created on earth today, it is humans that has the highest level of poor mentality, this same reason contributes heavily to the backwardness we experience around us today and will continue to spread until we change.
Many if opportuned to have access to information believes if it is exposed knowledge will spread and the respect the receive will also reduce without knowing the best way to earn or gain respect is by sharing of profitable knowledge to those that never had access to it. Though some will not be appreciative but the little given to you is more important that what you gain when the information is hidden and allowed to die with you on the process.

[Cookdata]

I will say is the fear of it getting too saturated, which is not suppose to be like that . I usually say one of the vital thing to success is information. Many folks have the information than can change a lot of folks lives , but still they won’t share due to the fear of it getting over saturated due to alot of folks being aware of it . For instance someone that’s into crypto airdrop , stumble upon a good project and he figure out that once he share the information, the information may reach out to a lot of folks which will make the project reward reduce . But the truth is that is shouldn’t be like that because they where others too before the information gets to you.

Sometimes it's not about saturation, some people don't fancy kindness and sharing with people, they don't like people have what they want but generally I will go with saturation. When opportunity becomes too easy to access by many people, the reward reduces and with time you might even find it hard to access such opportunities this is why some people like to get keep information, they don't like it when people over step on where they make money.

Speaking of airdrops, I one time participated in an airdrop, I didn't do much because I don't like them but peers were on my neck. When the team made distribution, I was eligible but found out I have tiny amount because it was diluted. I saw one project from cryptoranking, it was layer 2 and it was retroactive. I did some spending, few people participated and when it was listed, people that participated were few with large pool, everyone ate good, it was less saturated.

[lombok]

Among all being created on earth today, it is humans that has the highest level of poor mentality, this same reason contributes heavily to the backwardness we experience around us today and will continue to spread until we change.
Many if opportuned to have access to information believes if it is exposed knowledge will spread and the respect the receive will also reduce without knowing the best way to earn or gain respect is by sharing of profitable knowledge to those that never had access to it. Though some will not be appreciative but the little given to you is more important that what you gain when the information is hidden and allowed to die with you on the process.

It is not uncommon to hide valuable information by people afraid of losing their jobs. Feeling the need to be a learned person makes individuals not willing to disseminate their knowledge to the masses. Nonetheless, respect could be enhanced and the lives of the local residents improved through knowledge sharing.

More refusal to open common learning rooms can only enliven the underdevelopment cycle in different life sectors. Useful knowledge is a legacy that will last beyond pride and be remembered.

[abhiseshakana]

Personally, I see it as more of greed and selfish act. Human beings have their natural side of being greedy and selfish, but some are just good in hiding or controlling it, while others seem to be very obvious that they fear to be outsmarted by others. When we all know even with the same opportunities and privileges, the results can still vary.
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It doesnt necessarily always have to be selfishness and greed.  I mean, it is hard to generalize since we do not know what specific cases the OP had in mind, but I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt.  I, for one, avoid giving people specific investment advice even though I personally invest my time and money in some assets I strongly believe in.  We all have different risk tolerance, financial situation, and goals, so what works for me might be a terrible fit for someone else.

I see it is normal in this digital information openness era. When we find an opportunity to get profit psychologically we will worry if my profits could decrease, especially for opportunity which have limited capacity, on this case, not sharing information, doesn't mean  greedy , it is just protecting competitive advantage and it can reduce economic value. Matter of fact in samo case scarcity creates value, information can be our asset and i think the scarcer useful information is, the more likely it is to hold value.

Beside that based on my experience building some business, even we show our business secret, if other don't enjoy the process, they will get different result, sometimes, they blames us when the result doen't sme with us. Beside that i think there are some greedy, especially when i want to monetizes my value or business secret.

[Sanitough]

The simple answer is, they don't want competition most especially if they think they are less capable compared to the other person. This could be the common mindset for those who have no real confidence on their own selves, so as much as possible he should be the only one benefiting even if it means discouraging the other person.

And most likely, success is far possible for these kind of people. Being just and fair simply not exist for them, but they should be the one taking the most advantage.

[uneng]

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

Normal in the sense you will face it quite often along your life. It's not about being unfair, but about being unethical. People don't like competition, and that is ok. However, they can't use this as excuse to manipulate and lure others into misleading. To give inaccurate information intentionally means to lie and to create misinformation. It's not the attitude of a reputable professional, because if he does this towards his potential competitors, you can expect he can adopt a similar stance towards his customers if the feels to be necessary.

By being different from those people, you are already ahead among your competitors inside jobs market.

[alastantiger]

This is purely wickedness from the high places in the name of competition. Some people are extraordinary wickedness in their doings because they don't want anybody to stand them in anything they are doing beit money or wealth.
Business should not be all about competition and we should always consider humanity in anything we are doing.

People are wicked and greedy that is why they do not like to help people and if they see an opportunity to do so they will not. There are many reasons why people have decided to do this and it can be because of the result they got in the past from helping people and they ended up being the bad individual. It is not everybody that you help will appreciate what you did hence people have just decided not to help anymore and we do not have to blame the people that have decided to take this decisions. 

But then we have people that are just wicked and do not want others to gain what they have received and that is why they hide informations that can better the life of others. Do not blame people for not helping others because some people are not worth to be helped because of their bad behaviour and personality, helping is a choice and we all have the choice of doing it or not, but its better to not say anything than to mislead people from an opportunity that can help change their life.

[Rruchi man]

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

There is nothing normal about that behavior, especially when letting another person know about the opportunity is not something that will limit your own completely. We must learn to share opportunities with people who we know sincerely need them and not hold back.

These people must not be friends and family alone; help people deserving of opportunities genuinely, and don't make any demands from them.

[passwordnow]

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

This all starts from the education system that we've lived. Because of the ranks and competitions and recognition of the teachers on who's the top performing student and the worst one, it creates the mindset that everything is a competition since we're kids. And we've brought it as we grow older that we need to be better than the others who are also doing the same thing as we or even not, even in status of life. An example are the finance content creators, they won't tell you what they really are up to but teaches you how to earn from the other industries they think lucrative.

[freedomgo]

Discouraging is still a form of betrayal, so it only means he does not want to share the same opportunity because he wanted it solo without any competition. And let's be honest, we also acted the same way some time especially if our ego is being affected, or when we are seeing the other person is benefiting more than us.

The fact that we're humans, this thing is normal. What isn't normal is that if we end up sabotaging them for the sake of personal gains and interest, now that's very inhuman.

[Brizi5000]

Everyone is just talking and bashing out against those who refuse to share opportunity updates so other people can also benefit from it but no one is talking about how many people have been hurt by those they introduced to a particular opportunity. I’ve seen cases of a friend who later got betrayed by his friend whom he introduced to his company manager for consideration of employment and when this his friend got the job right in the same company where his friend who introduced him to the manager , started making slick moves just to buy more Favour from the manager and to a point even started spying on his friend who helped him get the Job, he will report every of his friends move to the manager, and talk all kinds of stuff against his friend secretly to the manager so that he will be in the good book of the manager and even got higher reward and promotion ahead of his other friend who introduced him to the company, to cut the story short his friend was later placed on redundancy by the company as a result of all the evil talks his friend was secretly telling the manager against the one who introduced him to the company.

[Mayor of ogba]

You can introduce your friend to your line of business and teach him how to run the business, once he learn the business and start making money he can kill you just to take you out of the business for him to fully run the business and take all the money the business will be generating. So some persons aren't showing their friends an opportunity they will earn money from not because of competition but because of fear of them losing their lives or their friends rising against them in the future after they have make money from the opportunity.

[Cossyblack]

Lately I’ve been thinking about something I find interesting about competition. Why do some people become very supportive of an opportunity when they are the ones benefiting from it but suddenly become negative about it when other people discover the same opportunity?

For example someone discovers a business opportunity or another legitimate way to earn, they participate, benefit from it and continue doing it but when another person now ask about it or wants to join, the attitude suddenly change.
I understand that competition can reduce someone’s individual advantage. If more people enter, opportunities can become competitive and the reward eventually reduces. So from a  personal perspective keeping an opportunity to yourself can make sense is discouraging others really the same thing as protecting your own interest?

There is a difference between saying do your research before joining and deliberately making an opportunity sound useless simply because you do not want more proper competing with you. People sometimes want others to succeed but only up to the point where that success does not compete with their own.

So I’m curious, is this simply normal human competition or does it become unfairly holding others back?

Some people do share business ideas to their friends or fellow business men or partners. so in my opinion,it's individual differences because some people mindsets are negative about others especially if they don't want you to grow like them. sometimes, it is not as if these people are afraid of competition, maybe it could be that they don't want you to know what they knew so that you will not be able to climb to the level where they are in the business.

Secondly,some people are wicked too,in the sense that if you share your business updates with them they might use it to frustrate your business. So it could also be the reason why some people prefer to keep their business ideas private.

[LastKiss]

Some people do share business ideas to their friends or fellow business men or partners. so in my opinion,it's individual differences because some people mindsets are negative about others especially if they don't want you to grow like them. sometimes, it is not as if these people are afraid of competition, maybe it could be that they don't want you to know what they knew so that you will not be able to climb to the level where they are in the business.

Secondly,some people are wicked too,in the sense that if you share your business updates with them they might use it to frustrate your business. So it could also be the reason why some people prefer to keep their business ideas private.

Afraid of being rival by other people is normal especially when someone has already become comfortable benefiting from what they’ve done. The world of competition is so tough no one want to share something for free. We’ve already seen many courses that require money before we can learn from them. We might think that sharing things between friends is something we do for free but in reality, before becoming friends we often have to do things for each other to build trust and that trust is expensive.

I’ve seen families break apart because both sides wanted to monopolize the family business. I’ve also seen friendship broke because one friend didn’t want to help with the other friend idea. There’s a lot of jealousy inside of humans so seeing someone reluctant to share their ideas or knowledge with others even with their own friends, is very common.

[Doll2233]

It is quite unfair to misinterpret an opportunity deliberately so that other cannot get benefit from it . Competitions is normal and having competitors is okay . Nobody should be forced to reveal every business idea or the strategy that they have to others . But there is a clear difference between miss interpreting giving false information and protecting your competitive advantage.
If more competitors enters into opportunity and then it become less profitable then it is okay to warn other about that risk . But saying that thing is useless or dangerous but still you are getting benefit from it is misleading and wrong. Honest information should be shares so that people can make their own decisions protecting self interest is acceptable but holding others back deliberately through deception is not good.