This exercise is about making friends with celebrities.
Write down a list of 5 celebrities or influencers that you would love to meet. People you would totally “fanboy” over.
Now look up those celebrities online. Try to find some hobby, interest, or passion of theirs that most people DON’T know about them. Or at least, don’t immediately associate with them.
Take our own Michael Sartain, for example. Ask him about hosting bikini competitions or dating Instagram models with 1M+ followers. He’ll chuckle, give you some rote rapport-breaking answer, and end the conversation. He will probably forget about you as soon as you leave his eyesight.
But try talking to Michael about basketball. Or evolutionary psychology. Or astronomy. He will light up like a Christmas tree, talk your ear off, and probably ask YOU for YOUR Instagram so he can follow YOU.
Take Leonardo DiCaprio. He’s probably tired of talking about Titanic, the candle in his ass, or dumping every girlfriend at age 25. But if you follow his Twitter, it’s all environmental activism.
What do you think you should chat Leo up about? Fake-plowing Margot Robbie on the bed made of money like every sperg does? Or stopping climate change?
When dealing with a celebrity, one of the BEST rapport-breaks is to ask them about something they’re interested in … that NO ONE ELSE ever asks them about.
Post your lists of celebrities in the comments below. Help each other brainstorm.