Company ain't no school is a TV series drama from Japan with the backdrop of Gyarou and startup culture. The main character was a famous Gyarou who founded an infleuncer agency but one day after visiting a book shop, he was drawn to a venture company book and its CEO Sawabe Susumu.The main character, wanting to learn the inside of 9-5 and its CEO, joined the place. Apparently, corporation culture wasn't something he expected and the CEO wasn't exactly the kind of person as illustrated from the book.
The main character basically coined that phrase, company ain't no school which means it's OK to do anything as long as the goals are met. But that isn't really something I am about to talk about rather the idea of the Added Value inside the series.
I find that intriguing because it resonates with today's culture where if we want to sell something, goods or services, chances are somebody else has been in the business longer than we do. Hence, in saturated market, something unique that can differentiate our business to others is an added value.
Let's say there are two bakery. The core concept is the same, they sell bread. But how can you be better than that bakery? What is the added value in bakery A against the bakery B? is it the form of payment? is it the main ingredients? Even within those tiny fragments of similarities, there can be things that differentiate us between others which can be called our "added value".
This topic has been the main headline in my brain for a while now because not only seeing it in series, my friends and I have been discussing about added value a lot.
What can we offer to others that is uniquely us?
I don't just talk about the positive moral values that we're often imposed to. I am also talking about all the seemingly "negative" traits which can actually be an added value in the right industry.
In some industries and places, while it might not be too apparent but to put it simply, Do you have that it takes to lie? Do you have what it takes to be shameless? Do you have what it takes to be ruthless?
Because here's the thing,not everyone can do that nor they can be shameless. In the right place and the right industries, all those thing can seem like "added value" because as much as not everyone can be loyal/transparent, neither can they be shameless or ruthless.
But certain people might need the positive traits that you have. Such as loyalty, transparency or other added positive value that you can offer to others where you're entering a place where it's lacking.
For as long as I remember, I always wanted the utmost originality. As in, I have to be the inventor that changed the world or simply,starting a business nobody has tried before or so I thought for the longest of time.
The thing is, nothing is new under the sun and it's only modification and adding flairs to mundane things that ever exist.
Everyone follows where the market and money are. They don't care if it's a copycat of previous things. This is where I used to struggle a lot because I view utmost originality and I would never copy something that has been done until I learned that to actually find something original, I just have to comb through all the things that has been done before, try and see where the things are lacking.
I don't necessarily have to create something entirely new. I can deliver a product but with fresh addition, new voices, new perspective. Just think about how many fried chicken brands out there and each of them has different flavors and menu to them. The main core is that they sell "Fried Chicken".
This is a part of my AHA moment recently and I learned to slowly let go of the idea about "utmost originality" and it's so freeing that I am not shackled to try new things and just do it with my own added value and flairs to it.
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
What you say about the added value I talked to a friend because he told me he wanted to do a business selling hamburgers and in my country practically around any corner there is that kind of food sales metaphorically speaking, instead there was someone who decided instead to sell Chinese rice and that became a recent BOOM in my city, now there are Chinese rice stalls around every corner metaphorically speaking haha
But in the end the balance of the above is to do something we like and above all DO SOMETHING, because getting in the water is the way to learn how to swim.
What you mention about ruthlessness, shamelessness and lying I think and have noticed is just what differentiates in many cases people who are born to serve and those who are born to exploit, Edison and Tesla I see as the perfect example of that, one I consider very ruthless and the other a genius without material ambitions, FOREVER TESLA 😃
I'm glad you got rid of that mentality that generates so many self-conditions, I think what is missing is learning to be flexible with ourselves because so many self-imposed conditions can become barriers, I think the key there is balance.... and burgers 😋
Interesting. What can be considered “Value Added” in relationships can be very subjective. It can be very intrinsic in every person we meet, at school or at work, or anywhere else.
The actions of our friends or acquaintances have a significant impact to a greater or lesser extent.
A partner can teach us to better ourselves, friends can be unconditional support. And acquaintances bring us the unknown to learn that is just as necessary.