At Duke University, Aaron Dinin is doing more than teaching entrepreneurship. He is closely observing what happens inside the classroom. Over years of lecturing, clear patterns have emerged about who leans in and who quietly slips into the background.
One of his most consistent findings has little to do with hours spent studying (though, let’s be honest, that certainly helps). Instead, it hinges on where someones chooses to sit.
Dinin distilled what he calls the “biggest predictor of success” into a TikTok video that resonated far beyond Durham, North Carolina…