How to introduce yourself

ideas, inspo and examples of interesting introductions

Sometimes people think I’m an idiot for doing this, taking all this time, but I think it’s actually part of my work. I’m enjoying it, but it’s work. I’m doing my own PR.

Charlie Sextro • Filmmaker Sean Baker on not giving up – The Creative Independent

Naming is the art of describing a collection of ideas in an accessible and memorable way.

Rohit Bhargava • Non Obvious Megatrends: How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future (Non-Obvious Trends Series)

How to meet anyone you want

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This feels kinda relevant. Still not sure but I’ll let it be here for now.

List of Greg’s and @jicecreams advice

provide value to the person
be non-chalant
do your research
don’t be lazy
nerd out, after you meet common ground.
don’t be entitled
people are usually busy, but people who you you want to meet usually are on a different scale of busy. Respect that.
put your thoughts out there, retweets or create content.

Jimmy Wales described it in 2004, was to create “a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.” The following year, Wales also stated, “We help the internet not suck.

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We make friendly objects for designy people.

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for Prime Numbers. Thus, he answers the question “What do you do?” in one of the following ways: • “I’m an investigative journalist. I focus on the intersection of art and technology.” • “I write articles for Prime Numbers magazine for people who love technology.” • “I help people who love gadgets figure out what will work best for their style.” •