Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses.
L6 corrects a misread of Naval. Naval's wealth-vs-money-vs-status warns against the zero-sum rank chase. Greene's L6 says don't go to the other extreme either — invisibility is also a failure in any field where the project must connect to an audience. The synthesis: visibility through work, not through spectacle alone.
The contradiction with Naval's anti-status-game doctrine is intentional and important to resolve. Naval warns against chasing status; Greene warns against being invisible. The skill is visibility-without-status-climbing — public-facing work on the field that creates real value.
wealth-vs-money-vs-status warns against the zero-sum rank chase. Greene's L6 says don't go to…
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