Business World Perceptions, Mis-Perceptions and Judging Books by Their Covers: The Curious Case of Dolph Lundgren!

 

Business World Perceptions, Mis-Perceptions and Judging Books by Their Covers:

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The Curious Case of Dolph Lundgren!

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An original Business blog article by Yonatan Maisel at JobShuk.com

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He’s Dolph Lundgren.The Swedish-born, muscular behemoth best known for playing the "evil" Soviet boxer, Ivan Drago, opposite Sylvester Stallone’s "Rocky Balboa" in Rocky IV.

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He’s been retired for several years now, having given up playing the action-hero and villain for the quiet life.

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But let’s pretend for just a moment that he’s looking for a job again. Not in Hollywood…he’s done with that scene.

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Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that you’re looking for an employee to fill a vacancy and he applies to your company. Perhaps you own a Law firm, perhaps it’s a Marketing agency…or let’s say for the sake of argument that it’s a Pharmaceutical company.

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Your first reaction will probably be to Google "Dolph Lundgren." And here is what you would find:

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-6 ft. 5 in., 250 lbs.

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-Star and co-star of over 40 action-hero movies

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-3rd Degree Black-Belt in Kyokushin Karate

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-European Karate Champion in 1980 and 1981

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"Now what?" You might ask…

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"Could a muscular, monstrous ex-Hollywood actor like Dolph Lundgren possibly be able to contribute to my company?"

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"Maybe he could beat up my competitors? Maybe he’d be great at lifting heavy furniture when we move our office?"

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"Why he’s just a stupid, muscle-bound jock with a bicep where his brain should be!" 

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Why don’t we take a closer look at Mr. Lundgren’s bio. And rest assured, all of the following facts and statistics are very well-documented:

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-Graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

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-Holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney in Australia.

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-Has an Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.) of 160. For comparative purposes, that was Einstein’s exact score. It is the upper level of "genius" and a score attained by perhaps 5 to 10 out of every million tested.

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-Was offered a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship for advanced research and a Ph.D. at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology (MIT). He ultimately turned it down to pursue acting.

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-Speaks Swedish, English, Spanish, German and French, and is conversational in Japanese and Italian. 

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The World of Business…

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Is one in which we are in danger of letting perceptions, conceptions, mis-perceptions, stereotypes and other forms of pre-conceived notions cloud our vision.

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They can easily blur the lines of reality when it comes to people, places, customers, truthfulness, ability, image, reputation, marketing, advertising, branding and more.

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Yup, I too have been guilty on many occasions of judging books by their covers.

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I wasn’t aware until a few short days ago when I stumbled upon an article that one of Hollywood’s most intimidating, frightening, most muscular and "deadliest" stars happens to be one of its most intelligent and educated.

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So, remember when I asked you to imagine that you were looking to fill a vacancy at your Pharmaceutical company? And you got that CV from Dolph Lundgren? Think you might give this big, dumb-old stereotypical muscle-head a chance?

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I hope that next time the Business World…

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 presents me with a proverbial book…

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 that I take the time to get past the cover…

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 and judge it by its contents! 

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Image Credits: Dolph Lundgren: http://www.th125.photobucket.com/; Help Wanted: http://www.blog.adaptiveblue.com/; "?": http://www.servitokss.com/; Just the Facts: http://www.census.gov/; Eye Chart: http://www.1.bp.blogspot.com/  

 

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Yonatan Maisel is a Business blogger, history buff and author. He specializes in all aspects of Business writing.

From speeches to resumes, from corporate bios to research, from blogging to website content, from articles to ghost-writing, he provides the highest level of quality at a very reasonable price.