alt Hacker NewsThis reminds me that SkyMall (RIP) always had those advertisements for height increasing shoes.
Now that I think of it, the inflight magazines still have those ...
Amusingly enough the best CEO and best salesman I ever knew (two different people) were below average height.
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Obscurity4340 • yesterday at 6:49 PM
Putin and DeSantis all wear them
It could be that height says nothing about competence as a CEO, or it could be that the people who attain CEO and succeed despite height bias need to have an exceptionally strong mix of merit/will/effort.
I've heard the latter theory at least a couple times about US Navy SEALs.
The first time, it was a retired SEAL I knew (well over 6', and a brick wall) who one day out of the blue said something like, "You shouldn't feel bad about being short. The best SEAL I knew was a short guy, and he could kick my ass."
Later, I heard a similar anecdote in a speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70&t=440s