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4. Every week, read a magazine you’ve never read before
Interesting people are interested in all sorts of things. That means they explore all kinds of worlds, they go places they wouldn’t expect to like and work out what’s good and interesting there. An easy way to do this is with magazines. Specialist magazines let you explore the solar system of human activities from your armchair. Try it, it’s fantastic.
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6. Collect something
It could be anything. It could be pictures of things. But become an expert in something unexpected and unregarded. Develop a passion. Learn how to communicate that to other people without scaring them off. Find the other few people who share your interest. Learn how to be useful in that community.
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7. Once a week sit in a coffee-shop or cafe for an hour and listen to other people’s conversations. Take notes. Blog about it. (Carefully)
Take little dips in other people’s lives. Listen to their speech patterns and their concerns. Try and get them down on paper. (Don’t let them see. Try not to get beaten up.) Don’t force it, don’t hop from table to table in search of better eavesdropping, just bask in the conversations that come your way.
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9. Make something
Do something with your hands. Create something from nothing. It could be knots, it could be whittling, Lego, cake or knitting. Take some time to get outside your head. Ideally, make something you have no idea how to do. Get something from Make and try it, assuming you’ll screw it up the first time. People love people who can make things. Making’s the new thinking. Share your things on the your blog, or, if you’re brilliant maybe you can share them on etsy.
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the core skill of any future creative business person will be 'being interesting'. People will employ and want to work with (and want to be with) interesting people
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The way to be interesting is to be interested.
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Interesting people are good at sharing.
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Matt PerezHow to Be Interesting<br/><br/>1. Take at least one picture everyday. Post it to flickr.<br/>2. Start a blog. Write at least one sentence every week.<br/>3. Keep a scrapbook<br/>4. Every week, read a magazine you’ve never read before<br/>5. Once a month interview someone for 20 minutes, work out how to make them interesting. Podcast it.<br/>6. Collect something<br/>7. Once a week sit in a coffee-shop or cafe for an hour and listen to other people’s conversations. Take notes. Blog about it. (Carefully) <br/>8. Every month write 50 words about one piece of visual art, one piece of writing, one piece of music and one piece of film or TV. Do other art forms if you can. Blog about it<br/>9. Make something<br/>10. Read about people who are really interested in stuff that others think of as banal and who explain it in a way that makes you share their passion.
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Brian NangleWhile I was at the U of O I kept going on about how the core skill of any future creative business person will be 'being interesting'. People will employ and want to work with (and want to be with)...
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Robert Haysas disappointed as you are<br>
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Dennis DemoriThe way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to find what’s interesting in everything, you’ve got to be good at noticing things, you’ve got to be good at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you interesting.
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Rei G.The way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to find what’s interesting in everything, you’ve got to be good at noticing things, you’ve got to be good at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you interesting.
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Lori Natornce I don't actually know anything useful I had to make something
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Dennis DeerySome great ideas here...
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Ewan McIntoshTo be interesting you've got to be interested in other people. Interesting people tend to share. We can't be interested in you if you're not giving us anything
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TomThe way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to find what’s interesting in everything, you’ve got to be good at noticing things, you’ve got to be good at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you inter
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dtweneyTake one picture a day and post it to Flickr. Keep a blog. Keep a scrapbook. Read a new magazine a week. Interview someone once a month. Take an interest in art and write about it. Make something ("Making's the new thinking")
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avivajazz jazzavivaThe way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to...be good at noticing things...at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you interesting...And...you share your ideas, you let people play with them and you’re good
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Tom HemingwayThe way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to find what’s interesting in everything, you’ve got to be good at noticing things, you’ve got to be good at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you inter
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tarkowskiThe way to be interesting is to be interested. You’ve got to find what’s interesting in everything, you’ve got to be good at noticing things, you’ve got to be good at listening. If you find people (and things) interesting, they’ll find you inter
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