An Atypical Success

 

 An Atypical Success


Anyone can succeed, but it takes a certain set of skills to reach the top. So many people are trying to make climbing the ladder of success in their careers and businesses, but too few are focusing on growth skills. In order to be successful, you need a mix of STEM, social and emotional intelligence — not just technical skill sets. You will also need to build your own platform or business so that you don’t have to rely on anyone else even though they may be much better than you at whatever it is that they do. The key is having both your own strengths as well as finding ways work together with other people’s strengths in order to create something new and original.

In order to build a sustainable business, you need to build relationships with people that are mutually beneficial. Finding the right partners and creating systems for them to fit within will help you get where you want to go with your business not just in the next month or year, but for many years to come as well.

Here are some ideas about how an atypical business that is based on both STEM and social skills can succeed:
An art director recently joined an advertising agency in New York City after grad school. She was excited about her new job, but she was having trouble getting any of the jobs she was assigned by her boss done. At first she thought that her boss was a little bit harsh and unfair, but over time she realized that he had an unusual skill set. He was able to work with many different people and formulate a lot of creative ideas. The job she was assigned to actually had less numbers than others, but the job really wasn’t what the art director was interested in doing. She found that he was more of a creative genius than an account executive and there were many other people who could do what she did as well, but this guy was more likely to get his work done on time even if it took him longer than others.

Over time, she began to realize that this guy was not that great at getting people to work together and get things done on time. He would often delegate the work to others, but they usually couldn’t do what he asked. This situation didn’t last very long because she realized that her boss had all kinds of things going for him that she didn’t have. His friends helped him get his business up and running, as well as meeting many new people who were interested in seeing his ideas for art and design come to life. In the end, he did not have the best business skills, but he found ways to make lots of money by creating and selling things that were either popular or new. She noticed that he was getting a lot of work done in a short period of time because people were willing to hire him because he could get things done quickly.

The art director began to realize that this guy had both technical and social skill sets, which made him very different from her because she had more engineering and math skills but less social and creative skill sets. In fact, the art director was more of an engineer than an artist. The engineering part was really important because she realized that many people were willing to work with her boss only if there were engineers involved. She realized that people who did not have a lot of STEM skills and were more socially aware, tended to fail in a scenario like this.

She also started to think about how the art department got along with other departments. Many times they would assign her boss to come up with ideas rather than pay attention to what the art director wanted them to do. She began to realize that the department was actually made up of many different skills, including engineering and creativity, but there was more of a focus on engineering because it is easy for engineers to get things done on time. The engineering part allowed the art director to start thinking about ways that she could build a business that would allow her to be successful in the future.

Most people focus on creating a new product or service before trying to build a lasting business. Instead, you can focus on building an audience first and then creating something new with your audience. If you do this and have people who come from many different places and areas of expertise, they will help you form new partnerships and work with others who may be able to do what you cannot so that your business can expand.

The combination of STEM, creative and social skills is what you will need to be successful. If you are only a creative genius, it can be difficult to make your business last over a long period of time because you won’t be able to build a team around you that can help maintain the success of your business in the future. While having some engineering skills is important, it is not always necessary because people with STEM-related skills are usually focused on getting things done on time and building systems rather than focusing on creativity. In fact, many people who have solid STEM and engineering skills value leadership and management over creativity.

It is important to remember that not all people who have STEM skills are created equal. Some people have a natural focus on “left brain” work, such as math and science, but they may not be able to translate those skills into more creative or social skill sets. In addition, many STEM fields don’t value creativity at all because it doesn’t lead to immediate results. When you combine this with the fact that most people with business and management skills are highly focused on time management and getting things done on time, it can be challenging for them to work with a person like you who has both STEM and non-STEM skills.

For some people, the combination of STEM and creative and social skills don’t appear to go well together because it adds complexity to their lives. These people often feel pressured or annoyed because they often have to do things in a way that makes others around them feel uncomfortable. Just like an artist who has a hard time working with engineers or an engineer who has problems working with artists, most people with STEM skills tend not to get along well with those without these attributes. This can be hard for you if you do not fit into this group on your own.

This problem becomes even more challenging if you want to work with someone who is a different ethnicity than you. Many people, who are not STEM-oriented, are still more comfortable with people who are the same culture as them, which makes it hard for them to work with someone who doesn’t look like them and comes from a different background. While this may not be right or wrong, it is important to acknowledge that this will be an issue that your business has to deal with.

The first thing you need to do is build your business plan around building a network and getting more people involved in your business.

Conclusion

The first step that you need to do is to understand your skill set and how it fits in with the people around you. If you are an introvert, it can be challenging for you to work with other people with extraverted personalities who want to work together on projects. If you are an engineer who isn’t focused on business and marketing, it can be difficult for you to get things done when your more creative ideas come up.

In addition, it is important to realize that large companies will always have a group of people who are more focused on engineering skills than creative ones because they believe that this is what matters most in business.

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