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The Next Big Idea · 2026-10-15 · 67 min · 13,510 words

How to Become the Most Interesting Person You Know

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I'm Kayla Bissinger, and I'm Rufus Chriscomb, and this is the next big idea. Today, a fail-safe method for becoming the most interesting person you know. Ravi Gupta is your classic overachiever. Law degree from Yale. A stint working for Obama. He founded a network of charter schools for low income kids. Before the age of thirty. And then he founded the arena.

Training thousands of political operatives, helping to elect dozens of candidates. and landing on the cover of the new republic. So Classic overachiever. But like a lot of overachievers.

Eventually he realized He was kinda miserable. Because while he was busy adding accomplishments to his resume, He was ignoring another list, his invisible list. The talents he wished he had.

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