This was a delight to read, Malavika! Especially seeing some WoP friends curated :) Louie and Michelle are both very good internet citizens as well as nice people, and I've recently started following Visa as well. His threads are so dense with ideas. Since you've read his books, I'd love to see you do a curation post on him at some point as well, as it can be hard to know where to get started.
A delightful curation! And the "key ideas" drawing just shows how much time, effort, and care went into the crafting. On top of that it's even more delightful to see Visa, Michelle, and Louie mentioned! I'm very much an IRL person but now I'm more convinced that good reply game is good life game, thanks to your essay. Maybe we should all write a reply essay to this? ;)
This is such a well-crafted & delightful essay that puts words to a lot of what I've been learning lately too. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I want to write a whole essay in reply to this essay...
God damn! I haven't head an internet analysis quite this good in sometime now! Made me smile, feel inspired, a little guilty and a whole lot of wooooow!
But I do wonder what of all this says about people who have bad repy game tho? Are we selfish, introverted, scared?
Awesome piece, Malavika. I don’t know Visa. I know Louie from WOP and agree with all you said about his way of “playing the game”. But I know Michelle well, and she’s one of my favorite human beings. Her authenticity pours out of every single word she writes, and this is a gift that’s been given to her, but also one that she’s been giving us everyday. So, 100% (or even more) on your thoughts.
And I loved this: “Reading the room supportively has been a gamechanger for me. It’s carried me through difficult hearings, impatient courtrooms, distressed clients, coaching roadblocks, some semi-dark childhood stuff, and earned me the understanding and trust of many dogs, cats, and human-beings.”
Thank you for writing this extraordinary essay. :)
Great hook, loved the mind map, the Moroccan visa story, the pick of authors you curated and what I felt was the main takeaway for me (give give give). The topic is so relatable (I just can't get myself to focus on Twitter).
I love this so much 🥹 such a great synthesis of something I do but don't fully understand myself haha. It's funny because all my Twitter learnings are from Louie's mentor sessions in Write of Passage, so no surprise there's no overlap! More than anything though, I'm so happy we became friends! Whether because of Twitter, WoP, Substack or something else, I think our friendship is a testament that you can connect and build relationships with cool people on the internet.
Love this.
Loved this, Malavika! I 100% relate. Let the games begin :)
This was a delight to read, Malavika! Especially seeing some WoP friends curated :) Louie and Michelle are both very good internet citizens as well as nice people, and I've recently started following Visa as well. His threads are so dense with ideas. Since you've read his books, I'd love to see you do a curation post on him at some point as well, as it can be hard to know where to get started.
A delightful curation! And the "key ideas" drawing just shows how much time, effort, and care went into the crafting. On top of that it's even more delightful to see Visa, Michelle, and Louie mentioned! I'm very much an IRL person but now I'm more convinced that good reply game is good life game, thanks to your essay. Maybe we should all write a reply essay to this? ;)
This is such a well-crafted & delightful essay that puts words to a lot of what I've been learning lately too. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I want to write a whole essay in reply to this essay...
God damn! I haven't head an internet analysis quite this good in sometime now! Made me smile, feel inspired, a little guilty and a whole lot of wooooow!
But I do wonder what of all this says about people who have bad repy game tho? Are we selfish, introverted, scared?
Awesome piece, Malavika. I don’t know Visa. I know Louie from WOP and agree with all you said about his way of “playing the game”. But I know Michelle well, and she’s one of my favorite human beings. Her authenticity pours out of every single word she writes, and this is a gift that’s been given to her, but also one that she’s been giving us everyday. So, 100% (or even more) on your thoughts.
And I loved this: “Reading the room supportively has been a gamechanger for me. It’s carried me through difficult hearings, impatient courtrooms, distressed clients, coaching roadblocks, some semi-dark childhood stuff, and earned me the understanding and trust of many dogs, cats, and human-beings.”
Thank you for writing this extraordinary essay. :)
Can't say anything more that hasn't been said in all these comments. Great job Malavika :)
Excellent piece, Malavika!
Great hook, loved the mind map, the Moroccan visa story, the pick of authors you curated and what I felt was the main takeaway for me (give give give). The topic is so relatable (I just can't get myself to focus on Twitter).
Well well done on publishing!
I love this so much 🥹 such a great synthesis of something I do but don't fully understand myself haha. It's funny because all my Twitter learnings are from Louie's mentor sessions in Write of Passage, so no surprise there's no overlap! More than anything though, I'm so happy we became friends! Whether because of Twitter, WoP, Substack or something else, I think our friendship is a testament that you can connect and build relationships with cool people on the internet.