I had an interesting discussion recently with a few people as we were talking about stereotypes in a work or business life and how some people either embrace it to help get themselves ahead or detest it as they feel it is a little offensive.<\/p>\n
An example of a stereotype that stands out in my mind personally was back when I was working with a large group of people at a store and I happened to be one of the more knowledgeable people when it came to software issues. Now a person came into the store and despite being offered help by some other people he bypassed them and immediately went to me. <\/p>\n
I proceeded to help him and he was very happy at the end while complimenting my level of knowledge. He then threw in a comment on how he knew I was the right person to talk to as oppose to the other people as you have to talk to Asian people to get correct answers about these types of things. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really know what to say and he just re-emphasized his view and how he found that to be true and since he was Caucasian himself it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a racist remark or anything.<\/p>\n
Whether we like it or not, we are always being judged based on stereotypes. Like most things though, you can either be negative about it or turn it into a positive. One person told me that it used to bother him on the fact that he wore glasses and how people would automatically label him as a more technical\/numbers oriented individual when in reality he was more of an artist that focused more on the creative side of things and wanted to be known mainly for that.<\/p>\n
Since he was being stereotyped though, he used that to his advantage when it came to getting business. He began to market himself a little more as not only a person who could do creative work but as well as someone who understood the business side of an industry as well such as a person who focuses on the bottom line. He mentioned that it actually worked well for him.<\/p>\n
I guess in some ways you can consider stereotypes as an additional trait to help yourself stand out from a crowd too as oppose to just looking at it from a negative point of view on how it can only hinder your image. Just have to change your way of thinking I suppose.<\/p>\n
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