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The unexpected payoff
The Outsiders was written by a practitioner investor who had exceptionally low expectations for it, as did his publisher. The book has nicely exceeded them, and the dimension where it exceeded them most is the connections it led to with CEOs, investors, and others, many more than he expected.
A friendship in Maine
One of those connections is a friendship with Mitch. They both have places in Maine, near Acadia National Park, and they met at an event there. The encounter was random, they hit it off immediately, and they have hiked and worked together since.
Making a bat signal
The takeaway is to learn in public and teach in public, and to find a way to create a bat signal around the things you care about. It lets people who hold the same zany beliefs find you. A podcast does the same on a smaller scale: every couple of weeks, someone from somewhere in the world reaches out, and there is another friend who is a little bit crazy too.
Why do acquaintances open more doors than friends?
Sociologist Mark Granovetter's 1973 paper "The Strength of Weak Ties" found that people often learned of jobs through acquaintances rather than close friends. Close friends tend to know the same people and information, while acquaintances connect to different circles. Posting work publicly reaches those distant circles. Granovetter's study surveyed professional, technical, and managerial workers in the Boston suburb of Newton.
Why is Acadia unusual among national parks?
Much of Acadia's land was donated by private citizens rather than set aside from federal land. It was established in 1916 as a national monument and became Lafayette National Park in 1919, then took the name Acadia in 1929. John D. Rockefeller Jr. financed and helped design the park's carriage roads. It was the first national park east of the Mississippi River.
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