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907. How to Become Someone People Actually Root For
Brian discusses a short piece of advice from writer and investor Sahil Bloom: be easy to root for. Show up, do what you say, be kind, be reliable, and you become a magnet for opportunity. Brian takes it out of the realm of nice sentiment and turns it into a working definition entrepreneurs can act on immediately.
His case is blunt. Your next real opportunity comes from a person, and that person makes their decision about you in a room you are not in. What drives that decision is not talent. It is risk.
Brian also discusses the specific habits that quietly make people reluctant to recommend…
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