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Tall Poppy Syndrome

The definitive site for all things related to the Tall Poppy Syndrome. This site is a companion to the book of the same title (The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down) available wherever you buy books (ISBN 978-1629671123).

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Kiss - Cam, Lust, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome

Kiss Cam Lust and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/608.441× 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of

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An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ~ Ayn Rand An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy - Steve Jobs0:00/269.41× In the foreword to Becoming Steve Jobs, Marc Andreessen discusses TPS and positions Steve Jobs as the anti-TPS archetype as

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Tall Poppy Syndrome and the Legacy of Murrow vs. McCarthy

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. Mark Twain Murrow vs McCarthy - A Tall Poppy Syndrome Case Study0:00/275.041× Journalism is rife with TPS. Reporting the truth without an agenda or bias can topple

Tall Poppy Syndrome and the Legacy of Murrow vs. McCarthy