The 25% You See and the 75% You Do Not with Bob Bliss

Kanawha Valley Hustlers · Feb 10, 2026 · 1m

In this episode of the Kanawha Valley Hustlers podcast I talk with Bob Bliss about first impressions and what people miss when they size each other up. He uses what he calls the iceberg inversion. When you meet someone, you see about 25% of them. The other 75% sits below the surface.

Bob shares a moment where a friend called him “lucky” because work and opportunities seemed to come to him. Bob pushed back and explained the part his friend did not see. People told him he would never go to college or lead a college. He fought through a speech problem. He lived through getting shot, stabbed, and…