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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
smile or ”mouth-Hi” them, but you never actually speak
to them. You might walk past a shop every day on the
way to work, a shop that you‘ve never been into but you
see the shopkeeper every morning, so you smile and nod
at each other. We call these people Familiar Strangers.
Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers are people you‘ve maybe heard of or
read about who you know can help you "perfect" your
goals and your dreams. When Elon Musk was in his
early twenties, he‘d call the Perfect Strangers he‘d read
about in magazines or seen on TV and ask them out to
lunch. Most said no. Some said yes.
Total Strangers
Then there are Total Strangers: people you‘
ve never
even seen or bumped into yet.
Danger Strangers
These are the people who, right or wrong, set off your
fight or flight response the moment you see them. If
you
‘ve watched enough episodes of Law and Order, seen
enough cheesy reality shows, or played enough games of
Grand Theft Auto, you probably have a distorted idea of
who you can trust at first sight and who you can‘t.
Consequential Strangers
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