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How the World Sees You - Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination
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How the World Sees You - Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination

by Sally Hogshead
July 2014
Beginner
448 pages
9h 14m
English
HarperCollins Publishers
Content preview from How the World Sees You - Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination

CHAPTER {1}

WHY DISCOVER YOUR HIGHEST DISTINCT VALUE

Let’s say you think you’re funny. As far as you’re concerned, a sense of humor is one of your best traits. There’s just one problem: Nobody else thinks you’re funny.

This is indeed a problem. Humor is a two-sided exchange. It’s a feedback loop between you as the joke teller, and your audience. Humor doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s not enough to only consider how you see yourself. You must also consider how the world sees you. If nobody else thinks you’re funny . . . ​well, you’re probably not funny.

Humor is in the eye of the beholder. So are likability, leadership, and a range of other subjective qualities that are rooted in the perception of others. You get a vote, but your listener has ...

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