The Tipping point
Connectors
What are the character traits of connectors?
1. "They are people whom all of us can reach in only a few steps because, for one reason or another, they manage to occupy many different worlds and subcultures and niches." (48.)
2. "But in the case of connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self confidence, sociability, and energy." (49.)
Who are the key examples of connectors?
1. Rod Steiger. "Rod Steiger is the best connected actor in history because he has managed to move up and down and back and forth among all the different worlds and subcultures and niches and levels hat the acting profession has to offer" (48.)
2. Paul Revere. "He was, for example gregarious and intensely social." (56.)