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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable TruthÂŽ
Episode: Wowsers
Description: Youâve known wowsers. Theyâre always trying to be the âsecond smartest person in the room,â and they correct you even though youâre correct to begin with.
They are official âkilljoys.â They are critical of othersâ pleasures and accomplishments. Lacking expertise doesnât inhibit their critiques and corrections. They never converse; they lecture as perpetual professors. Theyâre distraught if they think someone else is having a better time than they are (and most people are).
Wowsers are dismissive according to their own biased criteria. âYou smoke cigars, so you donât make good life choices, so your opinion on the climate i...