What if You Be Smooth Like Blobfish?
What if a weak appearance is actually a strength?
What can entrepreneurs learn by getting curious about the smooth-headed blobfish? What if you dive in with some quick Curiosity-Based Thinking from What If Curiosity and The Screaming Hairy Armadillo to discover what your weakness-strength is!
The smooth-headed blobfish may look like a mess, but that’s just how it handles the stress of living under so much pressure.
In order to eke out a living 600–1,200m (2,000–4,000ft) below the surface of the ocean floor, the smooth-headed blobfish must have muscles with low mass and soft bones to withstand all the pressure pushing down from above.
On the plus side of looking ugly, it’s easy eatin’ for the smooth-headed blobfish as they waste most of their days waiting for prey to pass by as they swallow them whole with barely moving at all.
Entrepreneurs are constantly measuring and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. What is an apparent weakness — perceived or real — of your company, product, or service you believe is actually (or could become) a secret strength?
What is the weakness?
Who would call it or think of it as a weakness?
