Playing With Networking Weekly Recap - 10/18/2025
October 18, 2025·0 comments·zg
Niche Niche Weird: Dennis Moseley Williams Returns To JUST PRESS RECORD
The tension between being hard to copy and impossible to ignore sits at the heart of differentiation. Dennis Moseley Williams' framework of "niche-niche-weird" illuminates the progression from gathering around similarities to celebrating our specific differences. When we share the quirks that make us unique rather than hiding them, we create spaces where genuine connection flourishes through "customer secrets" - those shared understandings that only insiders recognize.
You're Already Hard to Copy
Understanding what makes you unique isn't just theoretical - it's practical. Using the lens of baseball pitching mechanics, we see that even with unlimited access to footage, techniques, and training methods of the best in the world, no one can perfectly replicate another's execution. The thousands of invisible variables that make you uniquely you - from physical attributes to lived experiences - aren't limitations but differentiators that create your competitive advantage.
Grow Your Network: Tyrone Ross Is A Runner, Builder, And Truth-Teller
The distinction between talent and gift emerges powerfully through Tyrone's story. Talent might get you noticed - like Tyrone's speed on the track - but discovering your gift requires looking beyond what comes naturally to find what you're meant to contribute. Equally important are the "gap-fillers" in our lives - those people who show up at critical moments to provide what's missing, and our ability to recognize and break harmful patterns rather than becoming trapped in them.
Grow Your Network: Dennis Moseley-Williams Is A Master of Authentic Experience Design
The paradox of preparation emerges through Dennis's approach to experience design: you master the controllables not to become rigid, but to create the mental space for authentic flow. Yet even experts struggle with knowing when enough preparation is enough, risking drowning in their own research. The key insight? Creating spaces where people gather around their specificities rather than their similarities - celebrating what makes us different rather than what makes us the same.
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