As part of our endeavour to identify and share some of the unique and compelling stories from India and around the world, we invited Anastasia Lopatina for an interview with us to understand more about her inspiring journey so far. She is a Leader and Project Manager at Airbus. Let’s learn more about her inspiring journey, background and advice for our growing community!
Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Anastasia:
Talk us through your background and your journey, please;
My professional journey so far has helped me cross-pollinate ideas across a wide variety of industry sectors, including energy, aerospace, technology, sustainability, Edtech, cybersecurity, and consumer research.
During my second university Degree in Germany, I joined the Design Quality engineering A380 department team at one of Airbus global headquarters in Hamburg, contributing to the growth of the Aircraft production business. Thereafter, I worked with a number of various departments for Airbus, owning product launches and business growth mandates.
Currently, I am leading the global Aircraft production digitalisation part for the quantitative research business vertical. These opportunities helped me span a wide variety of domains from strategy to operations.
How did you discover your passion?
Through iterative planning intertwined with continuous shifts in execution. Over the last 12 years, I have taken up numerous projects in my areas of interest. Among those, I would simply give up on the activities I didn’t feel like pursuing the long-term.
In due course of time, these initiatives helped me identify the areas of my core passion – aviation. It was essentially about arriving at a just to explore what really resonated with my personality and life choices.
How do you manage to keep going despite the challenges? What drives you?
Growing up in an aviation family made me feel the topic very familiar to me. Never thought to work there but a friend gets a student job at Airbus and ask me to apply as well, so I did.
What I really love in this industry is building something great and connecting people for different purposes. I also really appreciate working in a global environment.
What are some of the strategies that you believe have helped you grow as a person?
There are a few:
1) Being mindful
2) Always being resourceful
3) Taking extreme ownership and responsibility for my actions Courage
4) Ability to take risks & venture into uncharted territories.
You are always positive and motivated, what keeps you going?
My motivation comes from dance because I enjoy it. The motivation to work hard, practice and stay disciplined comes from the desire to master my skill to keep learning something new, and my genuine enjoyment for my purpose. I try to set boundaries which takes practice.
I schedule a daily appointment for self-care and sports, also with a strong focus on healthy living. I like to meditate, bike, yoga, exercise, balley, flight, soak in the hot tub and have breaks when I go silent and off my gadgets. I keep a gratitude journal and write five things I am grateful for.
I also read works by people I admire with uplifting material that reminds me of the power we all have within us.
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In your opinion, what are the keys to success?
I will say it straight that there are many factors but if you really have to have the key elements then to me these are the ones:
> Accepting & Loving myself
> Responsibility for my actions
> Passionate
> Resourcefulness
> Curiosity
> Positive Attitude
> Taking massive action (execution) with consistency and belief
What advice would you give students and young professionals who want to have a successful career?
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