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The Most Popular Entrepreneur in the World
How to Become the Most Popular Entrepreneur in the World
I wasn’t the most popular girl at school. I wasn’t even close. So I’m not sure why it was important for me to become the most popular entrepreneur in the world. During elementary school I became aware that many of the other kids, both boys and girls, were considered to be popular. Looking at my reflection in the school bathroom one spring day while I was in the third grade I attempted to study why this was the case.
My features were average, or slightly above. After a few minutes I determined this not to affect how popular a person was. I thought of three excellent examples of kids I was friends with who were very popular but had only average looks. So it wasn’t about looks at all.
I was funny, and that gave me a certain level of clout within my group of peers. I was nice and kind and good in math, and willing to help anyone who was struggling in this area. And when Mrs. Beck, our third grade teacher began referring to me as “the mathematician” I did not let this go to my head. At least I don’t believe I did.
So how could I attain the status of “popular” among my peers? How could I obtain that certain je na sais quoi I so longed for?
