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The article doesn't actually draw any connection between business success and being "interesting". This is just taken for granted by the author, but not support
by bravura 15y ago
The article doesn't actually draw any connection between business success and being "interesting". This is just taken for granted by the author, but not supported.
The article's advice isn't so much about how to be "interesting", as it is about how to "repeatedly put yourself out there in a public way".
Being able to fail publicly is a useful business skill, mind you. There was an interview on HN a while back, can't find it know, where a super-rich fellow explains that willingness to fail publicly was the key factor in him outperforming more skilled competitors. But this is distinct from being interesting.
- iradik 15y agowas it this? http://zenhabits.net/god/ http://zenhabits.net/god/
- stdbrouw 15y agoMaybe it doesn't draw that connection because not everything in this world is about business success? You're probably right that the author believes that "being interesting" is a marketable quality yet doesn't really explain why that would be, but I really like this piece much more as a guide to personal development. You know, to help us be a nice and fun and interesting human beings.
- bravura 15y agoThe author immediately frames the exercise as part of business training. That's why I drew the connection between "interestingness" to business success.