17 Successful People Share How to Become Unmistakable
“What do you think it is that makes someone unmistakable?”
This is a question Srini Rao, host of The Unmistakable Creative ,
closes each of his podcasts episodes with.
From happiness researchers to peak performance psychologists
and from best-selling authors to successful entrepreneurs, Srini
Rao has interviewed over 500 thought leaders, each with their
own unique answer.
The following are 17 of the best replies to that question…
1. Derek Sivers, Entrepreneur
“To be unmistakable is to be clear and unambiguous in your head,
and to live in accordance with your beliefs.”
2. Geoff Colvin, Author of The Talent Code
“It’s not always that easy in the modern world, but to be unmistakable, is
to be relentlessly yourself. It’s the easiest way I know for
anybody – and maybe the only way – for anybody to be
unmistakable.”
3. Jon Acuff, New York Times Best-Selling Author
“I think to be unmistakable is to live out who you are in all your uniqueness
and use the gifts you were given. It’s the bravery to march into
the deep forest of who you are and be that person.”
4. Justine Musk, Author
“When you can identify your talent and master the skillset that will allow
you to put it out into the world, and to serve other people, that’s
unmistakable”.
5. Tim Ferriss, Author, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
“Something that makes someone unmistakable is being different and not just
better. Part of doing that is knowing yourself and being true to
yourself. Be that weird person which is yourself. Embrace the
things that make you unique, even if you might view them as
weaknesses”.
6. Ryan Holiday, Author, Writer, and Marketer
“What makes someone unmistakable? When someone is truly
themselves, rather than what they think everyone wants them to
be. It’s the amount of time and energy they focus exclusively on
asking themselves, ‘What’s important to me?’ ‘Who do I want to
be?’ and, ‘What was I put on this earth to do?”
7. Seth Godin, Author, Entrepreneur, Marketer and Speaker
“The path to become unmistakable is the willingness to be wrong, to
be criticized and most of all, to matter. And if you’re willing to
do something that matters, you are likely to be in the minority –
and it probably means you’re doing something that’s
unmistakable.”
8. Dani Shapiro, Novelist
“To be unmistakable is to persist and to honor one’s gift. To understand that to have a gift
is a precious thing. To nurture it and to give it the time and
space that it needs, and to not get all caught up in the nosiness
of the rest of the world.”
9. Clay Hebert, Entrepreneur, Marketer and Crowdfunder
“We live in a time now when literally everything is in front of us and
we have all the opportunity in the world. Being unmistakable is
about grabbing that possibility and acting with intention; it’s
about waking up every day and building your dreams; it’s about
being intentional with how you live your life, how you do your
work and how you connect people.”
10. Charlie Hoehn, Entrepreneur and Author
“I think it starts from reaching your most inner self, from working
on being your most authentic self, from being open, honest and
vulnerable.”
11. Noah Kagan, Internet Entrepreneur
“If you want to be unmistakable, do something that makes you
uncomfortable. When you actually go forward with it, people start
recognising you.”
12. Tucker Max, Author and Public Speaker
“Don’t worry about being original; worry about being really authentic and really
vulnerable, and really getting to the deep honest truth of what
you’re afraid of. If you’re afraid of this truth, my guess is there
are millions of other people who are just as afraid as you are.
And if you get up and say it, then they are going to love you
because you had the courage to say what they were trying to say
themselves.You gave voice to something in them that was
important to them. That’s how you make yourself unmistakable.”
13. Gary W. Goldstein, Producer
“I think what makes you unmistakable is speaking your truth. I think
if you do that fairly consistently and make it a habit, you become
unmistakable, you become memorable and you become an
experience for everyone you come in contact with”.
14. Jayson Gaignard, Entrepreneur be unmistakable is to be aware of what your strengths are, of
what your weaknesses are, and where you allocate your time. It’s
to be aware of what truly matters to you.”
15. Jonathan Fields, Entrepreneur
“To be unmistakable is to have a willingness to reveal the essence of
who you are, and to lean into the process of craft long enough to
develop a truly distinct voice.”
16. Jordan Harbinger, Founder of The Art of
Charm Podcast
“There’s something about building for others and for me, being unmistakable means
assembling all of the greatest knowledge you can into one place
and making sacrifices to do that every day.”
17. Jessica Hagy, Cartoonist
“Someone is unmistakable when they’re
not trying to be somebody else, but they have something on the
inside that they just have to get out. You can’t miss that. If it’s
got feeling, people are going to love it.”
Do you agree with this list?
What do you think makes someone
unmistakable? Leave your comments below, I’d love to hear from
you.
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