Yesterday, when I posted the five watersheds, someone in the group said I was a bit too abstract, that such things don't exist in the world!
I'm not a contrarian either; I might share a few 'stories' from reality next! If the crypto world is virtual, let's talk about the real, haha!
-- If the coin rises today, you feel it's real!
Pike Place Fish Market is a legendary fish market in Seattle, USA, transforming from a 'smelly ordinary fish stall' into a global service industry benchmark, even giving rise to the 'Pike Place cheer' culture. Analyzing it through the five watersheds of the WEB3 heart community reveals its perfect interpretation of the underlying logic of 'from ordinary to great' — how a fish is endowed with a soul.
Watershed 1: Original Intention Driven — Crazy for Money → Powered by Love
Ordinary Fish Market: Selling fish = making a living, customers = wallets, goal = make a few more bucks today.
Pike Place Fish Market: The founder decided to 'turn selling fish into a performance,' with employees shouting 'flying fish!' while tossing herring into the air, causing customers to laugh and applaud. The original intention shifted from 'making a living' to 'creating happiness' — selling fish became a medium for 'delivering joy.'
Result: Tourists come specifically to check in, employees feel overwhelming pride, and some even give up high-paying jobs to join.
Human Insight: When money is the only fuel, the community (or enterprise) will burn out; when mission becomes the spark, ordinary work can ignite passion.
Watershed 2: Goal Setting — End of Month Meal Money → Stars and the Sea
Ordinary Fish Market: Today's goal = sell out inventory, this month's goal = break even.
Pike Place Fish Market: Goal = 'Make every customer leave happier than when they came' — this goal can never be fully achieved, yet it makes every interaction meaningful.
Result: Employees spontaneously design new play methods (like 'Fish Market Philosophy' training), customers spontaneously spread word-of-mouth, and goals naturally iterate in the process.
Key Difference: Short-term goals exhaust people, grand goals addict people — because the latter makes people feel they are participating in a 'world-changing' game.
Watershed 3: Guiding Ideology — Following the noise → Soul Consensus
Ordinary Fish Market: Sales pitch = 'Today's fish is very fresh!', Management = 'Don't slack off, sell faster.'
Pike Place Fish Market: Core Philosophy = 'Infect Others with Happiness' — from the action of tossing fish to the design of slogans, everything revolves around 'delivering positive energy.' The first lesson in employee training is not skills, but 'how to make customers smile.'
Result: Even new employees can quickly integrate into the culture because ideological consensus is stickier than operational manuals.
Humanization: When a team has a soul, members will actively 'align granularity' — no need for KPIs to know 'what is right.'
Watershed 4: Belief Coverage — One-person Solo → Thousands Singing Together
Ordinary Fish Market: The boss shouts slogans, employees superficially comply, and customers pass indifferently.
Pike Place Fish Market: From the owner to the janitor, everyone believes in 'delivering happiness' — customers, after being infected, even actively join the fish tossing team. Belief permeates through actions, forming a 'self-propagating cycle.'
Implementation Mechanism: Daily meetings use cheering rituals to strengthen identity, veteran employees pass down culture through stories, and new customers are 'brainwashed' by the atmosphere.
Underlying Logic: Belief is not a slogan stuck on the wall, but a behavior pattern etched into DNA — when a group of people lives by the same set of 'language,' the community becomes a religion.
Watershed 5: Human Nature Activation — Manipulating Desire → Lighting the Heart Lamp
Ordinary Fish Market: Stimulate sales with commissions, 'the more you sell, the more you earn.'
Pike Place Fish Market: Drive employees with the sense of achievement from 'making others happy' — the cheers when tossing fish successfully and the smiles of customers are the true rewards.
Result: Employee turnover rate is extremely low, and some even return as volunteers after retirement, because 'it's more passionate here than on Wall Street.'
Ultimate Comparison:
Communities that manipulate desire are like drug addiction — short-term euphoria, long-term collapse;
A community that lights the heart lamp is like breathing — natural, continuous, and addictive.
Why has Pike Place Fish Market been able to succeed 'effortlessly'?
Goal is the Journey: Every toss of fish is a footnote to 'delivering happiness,' with no extra incentives needed;
Consensus Reduces Friction: Employees do not need supervision because 'making customers smile' has become instinctive;
Human nature is fuel: Kindness and creativity self-reinforce through positive feedback.
WEB3 Revelation: The story of Pike Place Fish Market proves that the underlying code of a great community has never changed — replace money with mission, dissolve internal friction with consensus, and ignite the ecosystem with kindness. Whether selling fish or issuing coins, as long as these five watersheds are hit, ordinary things can also become miracles.
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