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I agree that your dress can make a big difference. But I'm not convinced dressing up is necessarily the way to go. Sometimes dressing down is purposeful projec

by jjeaff 7y ago

I agree that your dress can make a big difference. But I'm not convinced dressing up is necessarily the way to go. Sometimes dressing down is purposeful projection of success. It's like playing hard to get. Or "I'm so good at what I do that I don't even need to dress well to earn business."

WalterBright 7y ago
> Sometimes dressing down is purposeful projection of success. It's like playing hard to get. Or "I'm so good at what I do that I don't even need to dress well to earn business." Hence the stereotypical billionaire dressing like a slob. But that don't work so well for the rest of us. For a fictional example, see the TV series "Billions". Axe, the head of the hedge fund, dresses like a slob while his minions all dress to the nines.
- jjeaff 7y ago
  >But that don't work so well for the rest of us. That's my point. I don't think that is always true. I think it might actually work in some cases
- artsyca 7y ago
  In the real world the so called minions will each dress to mimic their so called leader and pretty soon you'll have a culture of undress at the expense of the client
artsyca 7y ago
Dressing down makes it easier for imposters and spies to infiltrate our ranks You'd wonder what would happen if the military went casual? It's ironic our corporations use the military C&C structure but not the military's attention to dress details
artsyca 7y ago
Yes and for every Mark Benioff there are a million imitators; will the real Tony Soprano please stand up?
artsyca 7y ago
Nothing worse than a bunch of no-necktie success mimics bluffing each other out in business sitting around sending false signals of importance through unbuttoned necklines
- jjeaff 7y ago
  I think it is rivaled by necktie wearing success mimics sending false signals of importance through buttoned necklines.
  - artsyca 7y ago
    At least they're trying!
artsyca 7y ago
Sometimes it's a toxic humble brag, sometimes it's simple indifference and complacency, sometimes it's baked into an organization and in all cases it serves little useful propose to have casual Friday on a Monday

by jjeaff 7y ago

WalterBright 7y ago

> Sometimes dressing down is purposeful projection of success. It's like playing hard to get. Or "I'm so good at what I do that I don't even need to dress well to earn business." Hence the stereotypical billionaire dressing like a slob. But that don't work so well for the rest of us. For a fictional example, see the TV series "Billions". Axe, the head of the hedge fund, dresses like a slob while his minions all dress to the nines.

jjeaff 7y ago
>But that don't work so well for the rest of us. That's my point. I don't think that is always true. I think it might actually work in some cases
artsyca 7y ago
In the real world the so called minions will each dress to mimic their so called leader and pretty soon you'll have a culture of undress at the expense of the client

artsyca 7y ago

Dressing down makes it easier for imposters and spies to infiltrate our ranks You'd wonder what would happen if the military went casual? It's ironic our corporations use the military C&C structure but not the military's attention to dress details

artsyca 7y ago

Yes and for every Mark Benioff there are a million imitators; will the real Tony Soprano please stand up?

artsyca 7y ago

Nothing worse than a bunch of no-necktie success mimics bluffing each other out in business sitting around sending false signals of importance through unbuttoned necklines

jjeaff 7y ago
I think it is rivaled by necktie wearing success mimics sending false signals of importance through buttoned necklines.
- artsyca 7y ago
  At least they're trying!

artsyca 7y ago

Sometimes it's a toxic humble brag, sometimes it's simple indifference and complacency, sometimes it's baked into an organization and in all cases it serves little useful propose to have casual Friday on a Monday