This is a good reminder that personality is built through participation. You don’t become interesting by consuming more life from a distance. You become interesting by entering the arena more often.
Aaron...your post was "music to my ears". It's so disappointing when conversations go flat, just scratch the surface, the layers don't get peeled off...and it goes nowhere. "Texture" is the perfect word you used to describe those deep, meaningful, engulfing conversations that are exciting in the moment and memorable in the aftermath. Thank you for for expressing this dynamic so perfectly.
Wonderful article, the part that really stood out to me is how we’re conditioned to be inoffensive, safe and agreeable… so true. Time to be more expressive!
I like this perspective. I wonder how it would play from a fem person? It feels really legit. Can women say the same things and be heard as interesting?
Being interesting as a deliberate project is still a performance. Feynman wasn't interesting because he studied how to be interesting. He was interesting because he cared more about understanding than about being seen to understand. That's a different starting point than the one this post assumes.
Action: Find one topic you genuinely care about more than you care about how it makes you appear — talk about that this week without filtering it. Find out if interesting follows naturally or requires the framework after all.
This is a good reminder that personality is built through participation. You don’t become interesting by consuming more life from a distance. You become interesting by entering the arena more often.
I was about to skip the article, because of the title.
First, I'm not interested in being or becoming interesting.
Second, the title felt like just another "How-to" handbook ad, with a bit of impertinence attached to its tail.
I've read it, though, and I'm glad I did.
It's not about being interesting.
It's about being genuine.
Thanks for writing it.
Great article. I see some of my friends in this.... amazing. Very interesting. Unfortunately, some of my friends are not.
It’s all about original and authentic and could not agree more! Especially reading something not related.
Aaron...your post was "music to my ears". It's so disappointing when conversations go flat, just scratch the surface, the layers don't get peeled off...and it goes nowhere. "Texture" is the perfect word you used to describe those deep, meaningful, engulfing conversations that are exciting in the moment and memorable in the aftermath. Thank you for for expressing this dynamic so perfectly.
love it brother, the insights the lessons and the ctas which imo i might actually do. great read!
What a nice read, loved it.
Even though I knew about the most of it, this was refreshing. Thank u!
I like the article
"The ideas that hold up across all ages tend to be the true ones."
Do surviving ideas prove they’re valid, or just useful? Loved this article.
These are words to live by. Practical and insightful.
Being present and in the moment when you are around people. That’s a goal of mine this summer is to be more curious.
Wonderful article, the part that really stood out to me is how we’re conditioned to be inoffensive, safe and agreeable… so true. Time to be more expressive!
I like this perspective. I wonder how it would play from a fem person? It feels really legit. Can women say the same things and be heard as interesting?
Good article!
So basically the interesting people are themselves following what feels most alive to them
Being interesting as a deliberate project is still a performance. Feynman wasn't interesting because he studied how to be interesting. He was interesting because he cared more about understanding than about being seen to understand. That's a different starting point than the one this post assumes.
Action: Find one topic you genuinely care about more than you care about how it makes you appear — talk about that this week without filtering it. Find out if interesting follows naturally or requires the framework after all.