Category Archives: Status

Status Signalling

Comment: Most people, even most really smart and accomplished people, express ideas for social reasons that have little to do with the rightness or wrongness of the idea. Often, this is about using your expressed ideas as a badge of … Continue reading

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Short Emails Show Higher Status

From Chateau Heartiste: …and the advice in this article to emulate the email habits of successful businessmen: Want to get ahead? Emulate the super-successful and never send a long email. […] “For various reasons, short emails are more associated with … Continue reading

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Increasing Your Social Status

Jack Shafer writes: "What is Facebook but the Federal Reserve Bank of social currency? And it’s all social currency you can use! Like cocktail chatter, a Facebook posting—be it a link, a list, a photo, or travel plans—conveys the message, … Continue reading

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