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manner as possible. We must be vibrant

and confident, we must not seem hesitant,

we must smile so that our interlocutors

will smile upon us. Taking

these steps will make us feel good—and

the better we feel, the better we can

sell ourselves.

Tony seems the perfect person to

demonstrate such skills. He strikes me

as having a “hyperthymic” temperament—a

kind of extroversion-on-steroids

characterized, in the words of one

psychiatrist, by “exuberant, upbeat,

overenergetic, and overconfident

lifelong traits” that have been recognized

as an asset in business, especially

sales. People with these traits often

make wonderful company, as Tony

does onstage.

But what if you admire the hyperthymic

among us, but also like your

calm and thoughtful self? What if you

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