The charisma factor
Get something that Oprah, Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman all have, but Wayne Rooney doesn’t.
“Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question”, observed Albert Camus
Fortunately charm, and her big sister charisma, aren’t black arts or God-given attributes. Even the greatest dullard can be buffed up, if not quite into Prince Charming then at least into one of his courtiers. The runaway success of countless makeover TV shows, like ‘Faking it’, depends on this.
The magic comes less from what we say and more from how we say it. Rich language, passion, evocative questions and telling stories in ways which imply that ‘I’m just like you’, all help. Many of the people we consider charismatic have been practicing such techniques for years.
”It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious”, quipped Oscar Wilde. Which are you going to be?
At the end of the Go large you will have:
- Realised what charismatic people have in common that we can all acquire.
- Explored how to enhance your own, singular charm.
- Discovered the power of using emotive language to get people on board.
- Played with non-verbal energy as a means of creating charisma.
- Recognised the importance of doing all these things by dialling up (and down) different aspects of our personality so you remain authentic.