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many such cases https://t.co/r2uN5qrUfV
I believe you can similarly study and reverse engineer public intellectuals throughout history and become a successful one yourself I believe this is also relatedly true of scenes and the ānobody actually bothersā part is quite critical itās a lot of work people donāt wna do
hereās an example of how Will Smith and his manager reverse-engineered being an A+ list movie star https://t.co/RKJUD0ob77
the part that drives me nuts is, when you start a business or some other serious undertaking without doing the minimum research/reading, you basically set yourself up to fail, which costs so much more. I struggle to understand why people choose defeat. Really smart people, too https://t.co/tnB88b86kC
oh and then these same people will call you arrogant for speaking confidently about matters that you have a sound understanding of, because you did the reading/work š you can develop confidence too, yall. like musicians and painters do. you just have to put in the work https://t.co/tvh6a0HatF
I believe there are like a good ~500+ people around here who, if they worked at it for 50 years, they could become our generationās Montaigne or Emerson or Woolf but the question is, will they do it? No one wants to do it!! https://t.co/cWEJqjaOWb
a valuable asset to any community https://t.co/RoTxJ6ZyTF
if you keep a personal record of whatās going on & you index your notes, in a decade or two - and honestly sometimes in just 3-5 years - you can become a very valuable asset to any community: a sort of human switchboard for meaningful history. Remember, the past is never dead... https://t.co/Trq8k4A21m
@visakanv "fuck you."https://t.co/OJ4ulRdrZA
@visakanv Can't unsee the political association since someone mentioned it. You were there in the replies just as surprised as me. I see it did not deter you from using the phrase. Makes sense since without context it's just an everyday phrase.