How to work with different personalities #shorts #youtubeshorts

21 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube Shorts clip, Speaker A asks how Aikido principles can be applied to business strategy and conflict resolution in startups. Speaker B explains that Aikido, which he describes as a way of harmonizing energy, teaches practitioners not to initiate attacks but to absorb and re‑channel an opponent’s energy, guiding them to the mat. He extends this metaphor to professional settings, suggesting that understanding and re‑channeling the emotional energy of colleagues, clients, and business partners can defuse conflict. The core idea is to grasp the opponent’s mindset—recognizing differing backgrounds, emotions, and incomplete information—to resolve disagreements both at work and at home.

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How do these principles translate into your approach to business strategy and conflict resolution within startups specifically?
Sure, sure. So Aikido is— I don't speak Japanese, but my understanding is the way of harmonizing energy. So in Aikido, you don't start an attack, you actually absorb, you rechannel the energy of the attacker. As one of our teachers says, you kind of rechannel the energy and introduce them to the mat. So I think one of the principles is whether it's with colleagues, with clients, with business partners, even at home, there's conflict. We come from different backgrounds. We mean different things. We say different things. Sometimes we're angry. Sometimes we're anxious. Sometimes we don't understand. We don't have the full picture. So, I think one of the principles is sort of knowing, understanding the opponent's mind in a way.