How do you become the most interesting person in the room? 4 Steps to Follow.

Grow & Glow
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR
4 min readMar 27, 2024

You noticed how energy changes when certain figures enter the room. How people look at him/her, listen to every word, or stand there, drunken by the mere appearance.

I am not talking here about the physical look or expensive clothes. No, I am talking about the strong, special aura intelligent people emit.

They can freeze time when speaking, make you endlessly interested in the topic, and cause you to believe in every word they say.

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Well, achieving this is not as hard as you might think it is, but it requires time and dedication.

I will give you 4 steps to follow and become the person everybody looks up to.

Read More Books

This might be obvious, but reading new topics will stimulate your neural pathways and improve brain health.

Reading is the fastest way to become a more interesting person because you are getting years of experience in the shortest period, just by absorbing page content.

Of course, I am not talking about some cheap romance story books, or science fiction, which might be a good way to relax, but certainly not to become a smarter person.

The genres you should focus on are:

  • Modern psychology
  • Finance
  • History
  • Self-development
  • Relationships & communication
  • Biography
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Those books will help you gain real-life knowledge and insight into people’s minds and ways of thinking.

You will always have a topic to speak about, as well as manners to follow up the story.

Some books I always recommend are:

  • The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
  • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
  • Atomic Habits by James Clear
  • Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
  • Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance

Listen to podcasts

Same as for books, you shouldn’t waste your time listening to some teen podcast about love problems they’re facing in the second grade of high school, as it will bring no good for you.

Listen to people you can learn something from, who have experience in the field they are talking about.

There are plenty of frauds out there who are selling BS for clout, so always do a little bit of research about the person who is talking, before you start listening.

This will give you insight into wealth and successful people’s minds, as well as motivation to become one yourself.

Podcasts I recommend are:

  • The Diary Of A CEO
  • PowerfulJRE
  • Lex Fridman
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Stop consuming trash content

It might be obvious, but still, most people are addicted to social networks and infinite scrolling culture.

Spending hours watching cute cat videos or worse, watching OnlyFans models doing trendy TikTok dances is nothing but time-wasting and brain-poisoning.

I already wrote about NoFap culture and how beneficial it is, I suggest you read that article so I do not repeat myself.

Limit your screen time, turn off social network notifications, and keep your mind occupied with meaningful content are essential.

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Start creating content

The best way to excel in certain topics is to transfer knowledge to others.

That, of course, requires you to be knowledgeable and have a certain amount of expertise in your chosen field.

Once, you start, for example, writing about the topic you are interested in, you gain a whole different perspective on that topic.

You will have to do your research and explore the things you took for granted or you knew them only superficial.

You can’t teach if you can’t answer possible questions people could ask, or it will make you look suspicious and untrustworthy.

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However, all these tips are useless if you are surrounded by stupid, lazy, and unambitious individuals.

The people around you are the ones who define you.

Keep that in mind. Push yourself and find people with whom you can push limits together, and watch yourself grow and glow.

Thanks for reading!

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Grow & Glow
ILLUMINATION’S MIRROR

Short story about me. I am 25 years old software developer, and I am writing stories about self-improvement based on my own experience and research.