Sublime

A biographer of the novelist E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.” Imagine how good it would be to be that guy.

Note: Match people against their social velocity. Some people are extroverted, some introverted. The introverts do better with other introverts in your network. And less will mean more to them in terms of how many people you introduce them to. These people may feel overwhelmed if they have too many contacts; they have learned over the years how to

threading the conversation.