I posted this back in January of 2006. I’ve got 0ver 1000 posts on here so I realize that some people new to this blog might miss out on some great posts of the past. I’m trying to go through old posts and ad the good ones to the Hot Topics section on the side bar.

That being said I wanted to repost this article I found several years ago on charisma. Charisma is something that you can not put a price tag. It’s a priceless attribute that well benefit you in all areas of your life. Some people say that it can’t be taught. I disagree. Yes, there will always be those magically natural charismatic figures… But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for a few more of us. Even if we just take one or two of these elements and work on them, I believe you’ll see a huge increase in response.

There is some powerful stuff in this article and when you have the time I suggest reading it through several times. I wish I could find the author’s name to give them proper credit. If anyone knows please leave it as a comment and I’ll edit it in later. Thanks.

Here’s the article in its entirety

Charisma (n): a personal attractiveness that enables you to influence others

Seduction has always been the most talked about art, and that is because it is more easily grasped. Learning the art of seduction is extrospective (looking outward), while charisma is introspective (looking inward). Once it is developed, it is a powerful tool that you can use to easily influence the people around you.

The Seven Elements of Charisma

IT’S THE SAME OLD SCENARIO: You and your friends want to hang out and go to a club, but you want a club where the women are attractive and have some class. There might be twenty or so nightclubs to choose from, but with standards like these you really only have four or five. And forget it - as much as your optimistic-adrenaline-testosterone self would like to believe, there is no such place as “Club Orgy.” Bar hop all night, and you’ll come closer to finding The Lost City of Atlantis before you’ll find a club where the women that you’ve set your standards for are down for the one night action you’ve got on your mind.

Unless of course you’ve got some serious game. “Game” translates in all cultures to a similar state of mind: Charisma. But what exactly is Charisma? We’ll tell you what it’s not - It’s not arrogance. And it’s not pretentiousness. It’s an aura that surrounds you, that attracts people to you. Great leaders in history understood this - Hitler entranced the small country of Germany into following him in a pursuit of World Domination. The greatest con artists used charisma to lull their victims into sometimes giving up fortunes and life savings. And actor’s on screen portray it in their carefully written lines and parts, when in all reality they may lack true charisma off the set. Brad Pitt has charisma on the screen - and you can bet that he’s not as charismatic off it. And remember Tom Cruise in Top Gun - every guy wanted to be like him for years after that movie came out.

Both of these actors are American icons, their on-screen personas developed over the years by numerous writers, directors, and people paid to teach “presence.” You know, the same kind of people that instruct run-way models how to enter a room and command the attention of all just by the way they carry themselves.

Maybe an easy way to make the word charisma understandable is to define it as knowing when to speak, and what to say when you speak, knowing when not to speak, and knowing how to carry yourself throughout . This takes discipline, which is acquired with practice. Actors are expected to rehearse the same parts over and over again to get things just right for the camera. Writers re-write their pieces sometimes repeatedly before their scripts are finally approved to begin a film shoot.

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