If Johnny couldn’t make the fake tacos look real, he could at least make the real tacos look fake. (part 2)
Out-of-the-box thinking will very much come in handy when skills aren’t enough.
Hi guys! I hope you are good? I’m pretty chilled. The last time I wrote, I promised to discuss two movies (not a movie review). Since I couldn’t write about the two, I promised to write about the second, today. So, this is me showing up and fulfilling my end of the bargain, even though deep down, I want to do the total opposite. (Don’t make promises, guys. Don’t). With that in mind, I guess we can call this Part 2.
You can check out part 1 here, although the two parts are completely independent, you don’t have to read part 1 to understand part 2.
Second Movie: Is It cake?
I found this series really fascinating, actually. Apart from the obvious reason that they made cakes look like anything other than cake, watching the movie felt like watching magicians do their thing. At least, it felt like magic to me. I wanted to see their processes, and maybe understand what went through their minds during those processes. I don’t even like watching series, but I happily started this one.
The bakers were to pick an item to copy, then design a cake to look as similar as the item, and place it in the midst of 4 other similar but real items. They had 12 hours to fool the judges.
For the first episode —the Fast-Food fakeout episode, they were to make a cake look like fast food. The options were Cheeseburger, Croissant, Tacos, and two other things I can’t remember. Johnny, who was my favourite baker, went with the Tacos. I am no baker, but I can tell it is a difficult choice.
Johnny had some difficulty making the Tacos look real, and he struggled a bit to get it right. But at the eleventh hour, he came up with an idea. He added gummy bears to one of the real Tacos. Then it hit me, if Johnny couldn’t make the fake tacos look real, he could at least make the real tacos look fake.
The red gummy bears were supposed to imitate tomatoes, and since you normally wouldn’t find gummy bears on Tacos, it is easy to point it out as the odd one. After all, the aim was to fool the judges.
You might have guessed already, that Johnny won in that episode, and I would like to think it was because of the out-of-the-box thinking he did at the eleventh hour.
Since he beat other contestants that had way more experience than he did, I would have concluded that out of the box thinking is all that you need, but that would be moot. So, instead, I would say, Out-of-the-box thinking will very much come in handy when skills aren’t enough.
Excerpt from my read this week..
I finally decided to pick up Start With Why by Simon Sinek after months (or years?) of sitting on my shelf. I don’t know why I never got to read it, not even the first page. I guess I just didn’t feel it (this is where I say “Don’t judge a book by its cover, guys”).
Looking at it now, if I had read the book 6 months, 2 months, or even 2 weeks earlier, I probably wouldn’t have connected with it on such a visceral level. I get that with a lot of books, actually. I read a book initially and I find it interesting, nothing extra, and then I go over it again, and it makes so much sense. I would like to think that these interests, or would I say, a spike in interest, depends on whatever phase I’m in at that time.
That being said, Start With Why is a book that explains the importance of starting a movement, organization, or anything really, with a clear purpose. If you are looking to build or lead, I think this is a book you should read. While there are so many concepts to explain in this book, time would not permit me to discuss them all. But here is an excerpt from the book that I really connected with.
“…but when a company clearly communicates their WHY, what they believe, and we believe what they believe, then we will sometimes go extraordinary lengths to include those products or brands in our lives. This is not because they are better, but because they become markers or symbols of the values and beliefs we hold dear”
I remember writing about values and how important they are in our lives and decision-making processes. Well, turns out they are also important in business and leadership as well. People connect with what they believe in. It is natural to be drawn to causes, organizations or even people that believe in the very values you hold dear.
To win the heart, and ultimately, the loyalty of people, have a clear WHY, and consistently communicate it to them. Works like magic.
As you step into the new week, I hope you develop or gain more clarity on your WHY and leverage it to build loyal customers, clients or followers.
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Have a great week,
Yosola.
I love this😍
Johnny's so smart💡
It's been a while Yosola... Feels good to be back in this space☺️
Omg Johnny is so smart! Loved this post Yosola, well done!