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Sometimes I’m *really* glad that I’m neither famous enough, nor important enough, that I have to say things like this
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How things get done in the world: Relentless focus Self-confidence Personal connections Effective leadership (communication, management, vision, and evangelism)
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Do you think you'd have to, if you somehow stumbled into fame & importance? Or do both just dissipate quickly if they find you, because the mainstream gets bored and confused without boring platitudes to chew on. Is lame the price of fame? 🤔
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I think there are serious expectations of important institutional leaders for 2 reasons 1. A lot of dumb people pay attention to them so they can’t afford to get too clever 2. They are expected to comment on certain things even if they can’t say what they really think in public
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I think abt 2. See Tim Cook's Twitter bio, he's only allowed to express himself as a fan of sports teams. There is a bland-ification that happens, the world needs the Apple CEO to be boring. Wonder what Steve Jobs' Twitter bio would've been. Probably just Apple . com
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My hero. (Elon is like R&M for me. All the lesser neckbeard nerds have polluted the pool and made it hard to self-identify as a fan). I hope he never changes on this front I once tweeted that both Elon & Trump use PT Barnum marketing playbook, got attacked by Elon worshippers 😂
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Yup. I remember reading an article about Boring once. Dude was like, "so what's the biggest hole we can make in the ground?" Made me go, man, why don't I pursue my own whims like that? Sure the money helps but most billionaires aren't like that. The mindset is remarkable
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