Ferriss is well-worthy of study - not the content of his books, but rather how he marketed himself, serially ingratiated himself with people then used them as promotion lily-pads, & finally had enough cachet to be set for life & hang out with the prestige-set. Very focused!https://twitter.com/atthatmatt/status/1010160265550127104 …
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Replying to @PereGrimmer
he always struck me as a huckster and a braggart, but your analysis is more cogent and concise than my flailing 'dude just looks like sucks'.
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Replying to @palecur
Political operators, psychopaths, and marketers are objects of study for me; I try to convert disgust into an appreciation for and understanding of methods, as these methods may be useful. (Jeffrey Pfeffer's books are a good on this.)
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Replying to @PereGrimmer @palecur
Ferris literally opens up each of his broadcasts with like a solid 5 minute block of snake oil hucksterism for whichever brand he's taking some dosh from this week. if that's not the ultimate tell of where he's really coming from I dunno what else would do it.
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Replying to @danlistensto @PereGrimmer
jesus, five minutes? I understand podcasters gotta get paid somehow but (a) he don't need the money and (b) 30-60 seconds is the overwhelming norm
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Replying to @palecur @PereGrimmer
I haven't listened to him exhaustively (no desire to, not even "for research purposes") so maybe I just got unlucky and found a couple of unusual instances of it. The shtick was him pretending to know something about the long term health benefits of e.g. chaga mushroom powder
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not that I have anything against that in principle, just that the hucksterism was obvious and off-putting.
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