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What can the chart-topping K-pop group BTS teach us about how to advance our own careers?<\/p>\n

On the surface, that might sound like a silly notion \u2014 at least if you\u2019re not aspiring to a career as a member of a globe-trotting boy band. But as I learned from reading the newly published book, \u201cBeyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS,\u201d the seven-member group\u2019s rise to stardom offers some invaluable lessons that can be applied to just about anyone making their way in the work world.<\/p>\n

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And let\u2019s not forget that BTS must have done a lot of things right to get where they are. After all, they\u2019ve sold more than 100 million albums to date, according to the ChartMasters website. They were the first K-pop group to have a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. And they now have apparently conquered the publishing world: \u201cBeyond the Story\u201d has an initial print run of 1 million copies.<\/p>\n

So, here are seven career lessons we can take away from the book\u2026<\/p>\n

Dare to be different<\/h2>\n

BTS didn\u2019t invent the K-pop \u201cidol\u201d genre (or the boy-band genre, for that matter). In fact, when the group debuted in 2013, there had been other K-pop boy bands going back at least 20 years. But BTS brought a different energy and vibe to the scene \u2014 specifically, by daring to infuse hip-hop into the genre. As the book states, \u201cIf the world of idols is a fantasy genre, [BTS] brought in the rough, raw, and wild essence of the more dramatic hip-hop genre, without compromising their identity as idols.\u201d<\/p>\n

Embrace new technology<\/h2>\n

When BTS debuted, K-pop groups relied heavily on South Korean television to promote themselves. But BTS realized there was a new \u2014 and arguably better \u2014 way to reach an audience. Namely, through a livestreaming platform called V Live. As the book explains, \u201cWith the emergence of V Live, the generation in which [K-pop] idols would shroud themselves in mystery offstage, restricting their content and releasing it little by little to fans, had come to an end.\u201d BTS used the platform to build a bond with their \u201cArmy,\u201d as fans of the group became called.<\/p>\n

And embrace the diss<\/h2>\n

A key moment in BTS\u2019 early history involves the time the Korean rapper B-Free insulted the group for being idols instead of true rappers. But in the book, the group says the diss ultimately proved helpful in giving them a firmer resolve to keep doing what they were doing, even as there was more hate along the way from others. As BTS member RM says in the book, \u201cI looked up and studied so much about insults and hurts, and I got even more passionate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Practice, practice, practice<\/h2>\n

And you think you work hard! For BTS, the training regimen in the group\u2019s early period often involved grueling, 12-hour (or longer) workdays. Sleeping and eating sometimes became luxuries as they practiced songs and worked out dance routines (in K-pop, precision movement is critical). BTS member j-hope puts it thusly: \u201cThe alarm goes off at 10 a.m. and we grab a salad, some bread and chicken breast and go to the practice studio. Then we practice and review ourselves as we keep screaming \u201cArgh!\u201d and start all over again and then it\u2019s \u201cArrrgh!\u201d again and all of a sudden, it\u2019s 10 p.m. Then we go back to the dorm and sleep. Ad nauseam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn what you don\u2019t know<\/h2>\n

Some of BTS\u2019 members were strong rappers and some were strong dancers. But ultimately, they all had to learn from each other so they could be on somewhat equal footing. \u201cI felt like the first thing we needed to do was to help the other members find dancing fun,\u201d says j-hope, a key dancer in the group. Meanwhile, members RM and SUGA provided rapping\/hip-hop lessons to those who needed help with that.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t pay too much attention to the numbers<\/h2>\n

Music groups live and die by the numbers \u2014 their album sales, their touring grosses, etc. But BTS member Jung Kook makes the case that you can\u2019t pay too much attention to the figures while you\u2019re charting your path. As he says, \u201cI had to keep improving, and I was working hard to keep releasing albums one by one\u2026So I just felt like, \u2018I guess I\u2019m doing all right.\u2019 I didn\u2019t want to focus on the numbers, just keep doing what we always did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let a dumpling dispute stand in your way<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re working as part of a team, disputes inevitably arise, but the key is getting past them. Take the \u201cdumpling incident,\u201d as BTS refers to one of the odder scrapes in their decade-long history. It had to do with a disagreement between members V and Jimin as to when eat dumplings, with \u201cV wanting to eat during choreography practice and Jimin after practice,\u201d as the book recounts. (V had been busy shooting a television project on the side, so he was trying to fit in food whenever he could.) Eventually, the pair resolved the matter and learned the value of maintaining a good relationship under challenging work circumstances.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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