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speech, it’s partly because he’s selfmonitoring
every moment, continually
checking his audience for subtle signs
of pleasure or boredom and adjusting
his presentation to meet its needs.
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So if you can fake it, if you master the
acting skills, the attention to social nuance,
and the willingness to submit to
social norms that self-monitoring requires,
should you? The answer is that a
Free Trait strategy can be effective
when used judiciously, but disastrous if
overdone.
Recently I spoke on a panel at Harvard
Law School. The occasion was the
fifty-fifth anniversary of women being
admitted to the law school. Alumnae
from all over the country gathered on