Getting a personality is like getting into
Area 51 if the security guard was Helen Keller, It’s really easy. Think about how easy it was when you were a kid. Your entire personality
would be like, Harry Potter, knowing frog facts, and being good at connect 4. And that was just how it was. An adult comes up to you and starts a
conversation, and within 40 seconds, they know you as the Harry
Potter connect 4 frog kid. But now for some reason, you
can’t help but feel boring. Because after the 82nd time in a row of not being able to name a single one of your
interests and hobbies when asked, it might start to feel like
you just don’t have any. But, in fact, getting a personality is way
simpler than advice on the internet makes it seem. Most people say, “be yourself”, but
that’s just extrovert propaganda. Since extroverts can be interesting
just by existing and using social wizard tactics that an introvert may
know about, but could never execute. So unless you’re willing to switch sides,
your next option is to go to Google, where you’ll be directed to
ads for personality tests, books to read, and advice
to join a pottery class.
That kid who pushed you over on
the playground in kindergarten?
The guy in cargo pants with exotic snakes who came
to your school assembly to tell you snake facts:
Elon Musk:
Adele: You’ll notice that the more clear, memorable
traits you can associate with someone, the more “personality”, they’ll seem to have.
Now what does that mean, for you? It means that no matter how many cool
trips you go on to other countries, or how many books you read, or how many pottery classes you take, none of these things, by themselves,
will give you a personality. At least, not in the way you care about. What you care about, is seeming interesting
to people. Having stuff to talk about, and having people remember things about you. And there’s one easy way to do this. It’s called the Spike method. This is actually a trick used
in college admissions to help regular students get into Ivy Leagues
without needing to donate a building. So let’s say…you like cleaning. Yeah, cleaning,
it’s just an example, trust me for a second. You think cleaning, is relaxing,
you think it’s interesting. Now imagine you spend a decent amount of time
every day cleaning, learning about cleaning methods, reading up on the latest cleaning lore,
watching cleaning videos, Maybe even save up to get a pressure washer and psshfshssshsss
the dirt on people’s driveways for money. Literally, in less than a month you’ll
have put more experience into cleaning than 99% people will ever have in their lifetime. Which means, the next time you meet
someone, you will be known, to them, as the cleaning expert. That might
not sound exciting. But watch this. “So what do you do for fun?” “I’m really into cleaning. I’ve learned so many
cool things the average person doesn’t know.” “Oh like what?” “You wanna know the truth about robot vaccuums?” “I’ve been feeling kind of
bored lately. Not much to do.” “I can bring my pressure washer to your house
and we can shoot the gunk off your driveway!” “Wow…that…sounds pretty cool actually!” What are you doing this weekend? “Idk I'm probably gonna fold my clothes
using the world’s fastest folding method.” “That exists?” “Yeah wanna learn it?” Now I know what you might be thinking. That’s
not an interesting hobby. No one’s gonna care. So just replace cleaning, with
whatever you find interesting. And run with that. Don’t worry about being boring. Because, whatever you become the expert in, you don’t have to talk about
that thing all the time. That thing just gets your foot in the door. So instead of just having to introduce
yourself the same boring way as everyone else, you can get people to actually stop and
listen to you, and then you can have normal conversation about…how the subscribe
button just looks really enticing sometimes. So again: step 1: find something that interests
you, no matter how weird it is step 2: gain experience in it until you know
slightly more about it than most people do step 3: When introducing yourself
to people, talk about this thing. step 4: there’s no step 4. It’s that easy. Fun fact: College admissions officers are literally paid to
identify applicants who have cool personalities. When they discover that you’re better
than 99% of people at something obscure, like cleaning…they call it,
well….a spike. Cause it sticks out. Which is why the college essays with the highest
success rate are always about some super niche thing like competitive knitting, or
the medical applications of tetris. Now, important disclaimer: you can truly
pick anything you want as your “spike”, But you gotta talk to people about
it in a way THEY can understand. Let’s say you’ve spent a month becoming
an expert in Minecraft. That’s valid. But no one will care if you go
straight into talking about how you beat the game without touching the ground. It's impressive, but The majority of people don’t
know how Minecraft works, and that there was ever a way to
beat the game in the first place. I know right like its 2024 how do you not know- No, instead, explain what Minecraft is,
how you got into it, how you beat it, and then, explain how you did
it, without touching the ground. Despite what you might think, people will actually be patient to listen to any topic
as long as they can understand it. The second you start using big words
and niche terms to sound smart, that’s actually when people stop listening.. Which is why when Bill Nye explains
volcanoes to you, it’s interesting. But when someone with a PhD in
volcano science explains them, you start wondering halfway through
if they’re even a real person. So yeah, hopefully that was easy to understand. I’ll be taking donations in the form of subscribes to fund the next video.
