Outline Your Final Public Persona Carefully
When crafting a public persona, it is useful to outline its various component parts. These include (but may not be limited to):
• Clothing and accessories
• Styling (haircut, hairstyle, grooming, makeup)
• Predilections (what you drink, eat, and broadcast as a hobby)
• Speech patterns (accent, vocabulary, volume level)
• Public mannerisms (posture, gestures, movement)
• Goals and achievements (optimal graduate school degrees to obtain, job titles to strive for, club memberships to obtain, etc.)
Once you have created a basic outline, re-evaluate what you have. Ask yourself:
• Does this depict a character that is simple, memorable, and easy to digest?
• Is this character significantly different from the general population?
• Is this character in line with my internal personality model?
• Is this character in line with my ideologies?
• Is this character the best possible tool to execute on my ideologies in a way that will maximize my objective function?
You will likely need to refine this character quite a bit before it is ready for implementation. We strongly recommend discussing your reasoning and conclusions with a close friend who understands your goals and the framework presented in this guide.