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Connections: the interesting mind links things others keep apart
💡 Interesting people are connectors who link ideas across domains, turning scattered facts into surprising insights.
De Bono suggests that a hallmark of an interesting mind is its ability to make unexpected connections. Knowledge alone is inert; what fascinates people is when you link a cooking technique to management, or a biological process to economics. The link itself is the delight.
This is why he urges broad, cross-disciplinary curiosity. The more varied your stock of observations, the more raw material you have to combine. Interesting people are often not the deepest experts but the best connectors — they range widely and bring distant ideas together.
He frames this as a deliberate move: when you encounter something, ask 'What does this remind me of? Where else does this pattern appear?' Practising these bridges turns a scattered collection of facts into a network of surprising, conversation-sparking insights.
Source: How To Be More Interesting — Edward De Bono