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Pitching Himself as Unpredictable to Managers

from Underground Economy · #34

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Tim describes how his manager sends him into meetings not knowing what he'll say, embracing the idea that he'll either connect hard or completely bomb, comparing it to his wildcard reputation in high school.

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  • 45:43Tim's agent sends him to meetings where managers don't know what he'll say, and they apparently like that unpredictability.
  • 46:02Tim pitches himself as the kind of person you send into a room where it either goes great or goes completely wrong, and he thinks managers are willing to take that chance.
  • 46:21He compares his dynamic to high school, where he either really connected with people or didn't connect at all.

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