Front Page4 gestures that can make you instantly more likeable, according to a communication coach
Research reveals two kinds of high school popularity, which lead to opposite outcomes
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/two-kinds-of-high-school-popularity
🇪🇷Götterdämmerung#Authenticity today has been domesticated, groomed, & monetized. It's no longer the dangerous, destabilizing force the 19th century Romantics dreamed of. It's a curated aesthetic, an algorithm-friendly posture. What passes for authenticity now is simply strategic vulnerability, the influencer crying on camera with just the right lighting. "Authenticity" has become the most effective form of branding.
We've replaced truth with relatability, & integrity with engagement metrics.
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PUPUWEB BlogWant to be insanely likeable? 😄✨ Discover the shockingly easy secret that can transform your social interactions and boost your charm! It’s simpler than you think! 👉 #SocialSkills #Likeability #SelfImprovement
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WIST Quotations moves again!A quotation from Gaiman, Neil:
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People keep working, in a freelance world, and more and more of today’s world is freelance, because their work is good, and because they are easy to get along with, and because they deliver the work on time. And yo…
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https://wist.info/gaiman-neil/72404/
#quote #quotes #quotation #arts #gig #amiability #dependability #excellence #freelance #GetAlong #Likeability #ontime #pleasantness #quality #reliability #success #writing #job #employment
Speech (2012-05-17), Commencement, University of the Arts, Philadelphia [14:10] - Gaiman, Neil | WIST Quotations Quotations
People keep working, in a freelance world, and more and more of today's world is freelance, because their work is good, and because they are easy to get along with, and because they deliver the work on time. And you don't even need all three. Two out of three is…
A quotation from La Rochefoucauld, Francois:
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In daily life we are more often liked for our defects than for our qualities.
[Nous plaisons plus souvent dans le commerce de la vie par nos défauts que par nos bonnes qualités.]
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https://wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-francois/71073/
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Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶90 (1665-1678) [tr. Tancock (1959)] - La Rochefoucauld, Francois | WIST Quotations
In daily life we are more often liked for our defects than for our qualities. [Nous plaisons plus souvent dans le commerce de la vie par nos défauts que par nos bonnes qualités.] This first appeared in the 5th Ed. (1678). See bottom for parallel maxims. (Source (French)). Alternate translations:…
Adamas NemesisAs in, even great work only attracts true devotion from e.g. 1 in 10,000 people, so to get 10 true fans you need to expose it to 100,000 people and I haven't brought mine in front of that many faces yet? Or is it something else? Interesting to think about...
#thoughts #self #popularity #success #life #fame #likeability
Why don't I ever have anybody admiring my work, gushing over what a wonderful person I am, and all that good stuff? You know, actually liking me in an active way? Am I really not likeable compared to those who are successful at this sort of thing, or is it just a numbers game?
#thoughts #self #popularity #success #life #fame #likeability
A quotation from Rogers, Will:
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I never met a man I didn’t like.
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https://wist.info/rogers-will/5818/
#quote #quotes #quotation #acquaintance #friendliness #humanity #incommon #likeability #openness #philanthrope
Allison WyssI wrote about Addie Tsai's UNWIELDY CREATURES and vulnerability--how it can make us invest in characters even more than boring old likability.
What else makes you care about a character, especially if they're difficult for some reason or other? And what traits do you give your prickly characters to make readers want to stick with them?
#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #Writing #Vulnerability #Likeability #Characterization #Frankenstein #UnwieldyCreatures