Interview: Blake Rosier on Influence
The internet's favorite weirdo gives us all the answers.
Welcome to Three Quora Questions, our series of interviews in which a guest expert joins me to field strange and interesting questions posed on Quora.com (the internet’s oddest knowledge repository).
Blake Rosier will do anything for a laugh, including profusely sobbing in public and spending 120 straight hours live onstage in search of love. His off-kilter intensity and comedic fearlessness have paid off with hundreds of thousands of followers across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. That makes him the closest thing I know to an influencer—so naturally, I had to find three questions about influence and seek his expert opinion.
Which person has influenced your life the most?
BLAKE: My mom has definitely influenced my life the most. My Dad left when I was a kid, and Mom took over that Dad spot as well as continued to be a great Mom.
For example, I grew up learning to pee sitting down from my Mom, and then around friends, I would pee standing up. I call myself ambi-dicks-trous.
What is the best way to influence people and win friends?
BLAKE: Best way 100% is getting more followers and money. People flock to be my friend as I get super fucking rich, hot, and famous. I can't get enough of this lifestyle $$$ ;)
What does it take to become an Influencer on LinkedIn?
BLAKE: LinkedIn is super easy to go viral on. I love posting special skills on there that I know no one else has and seeing the likes, comments, and more coming flooding the fuck in. It's so cherry, epic, and swag. LinkedIn has changed my life, and I’m so happy that Reid Hoffman and Eric Ly are both my dads who left me.
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Such funny people that you find!! I just laugh and 😂 😂😂