Good Traits
Underrated: people who make you believe that anything is possible.
sari added 4mo ago
"Remember that buying s**t is not the same as having swag. Remember that having cool interests beyond cool clothes, and doing good deeds besides putting together sick outfits (which, to be clear, is a good deed), will make your clothes look better on you"
h/t BLKBRD_Spyplane
sari added 4mo ago
Boldness
sari added 5mo ago
On people who are INTO it:
Have you ever had the experience, Jerry asks, where you look at something and go, ‘Wow, whoever made that—they were INTO it!’? “That’s what I care about. That’s all I care about. I don’t care about traits or techniques, I don’t care what you do or how you do it—I just want to see people and talk to people and be around peo
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have a very in-tune bullshit detector
andrea added 8mo ago
When it comes to business and careers, the more interesting people will succeed and capture more upside than ever before.
Because the uninteresting ones will get commoditized (hello 🤖).
And by interesting I mean being capable of analyzing, deciding, and executing in a way few others can.
Generating more unique ideas, understanding complex things fast
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“Candor is key—being willing to say what no one else is willing to say.”
― David Shields, Reality Hunger
Alara added 9mo ago
Many communicators try to make themselves look smart. Great listeners are more interested in making their audiences feel smart. They help people approach their own views with more humility, doubt, and curiosity. When people have a chance to express themselves out loud, they often discover new thoughts. As the writer E. M. Forster put it, “How can I
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a fine sensitivity to aesthetics and culture.
sari added 10mo ago
“Nothing is lost while courage remains.”
― Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
Alara added 1y ago