and she said to me oh something happened but you know the person that did it oh ears perked up I'm in the Eleanor Roosevelt Longworth School of Gossip if you have nothing nice to say sit by me and actually I tell the truth most people gossip they just don't admit it
I'm a behavioral scientist. So my ears perked up when you were talking about lizard brain and in-group bias and negativity bias and all of these things that both make us hardwired for generosity and struggle to access that hard wiring.
But it's not been such an issue for me. But then another Lebanese cartoonist perked up . And he said, you know, here in Lebanon, it's the exact same thing.
And then they said OK go, you can ask questions. And I started the interview and she perked up and it was great. But when it was over, I said to my director if you want a viral video, you have to put those 23 awkward seconds with
Jerry Holkins: Yeah. Exactly. And then he wrote us back saying that he would take us to lunch and, and it turned around. Mike Krahulik: Yeah. We perked up at that point. Jerry Holkins: Yeah. Mike Krahulik: Yeah. The concept of a free lunch - literally a free lunch - got us interested.
But it's been a year now that I haven't been on the road because of COVID and the recording of the record. I wasn't interested. So when they played a Beatle record and I perked up and I thought maybe there's a connection between us.
Whereas "Fortune" or "Forbes" might talk about the numbers or the products more, Fast Company was really interested in the culture and the people that built those brands. So when Mark started describing a project about Legacy, my ears perked up . I knew that was something that really resonated with readers.
I didn't need to convince anybody anymore. That's amazing. I think a lot of Googler's ears perked up as you're talking about the metrics, and the revenues. People are hearing some of the language that we speak about every time.
And so it was really me trying to figure out a way to get within her orbit enough that I could say something to her. And as I got into the area, the zone, I kind of perked up and said-- you know, you blurt out your name, as much as you can get out done, so you can get her attention.
That's totally fine. But I also need the help of someone who has experience in blindfolding. Not the sort of thing you normally admit to at a public event, but I notice about eight of you perked up there. Let's go for a-- lady, blonde hair, hi, what's your name?
What you do is you do a seven to nine second introduction. But in one of those small talk conversations, he happened to mention his uncle's name-- which was different from his-- and my ears perked up .