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The Art of Manliness

#72: The Charisma Myth With Olivia Fox

The Art of Manliness

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.714.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2014

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

I talk to charisma expert, Olivia Fox about her book The Charisma Myth. We discuss the myth that charisma is something you're just born with, how charisma can make a man look smarter, more influential, and even taller than he really is, the three pillars of charisma, specific actions you can take to improve your charisma, different charisma styles, and much more!

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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

0:19.1

Now we've written about some really famous and great men on the site and a lot of them

0:23.2

have one thing in common.

0:25.0

They were charismatic.

0:26.6

Napoleon, Theodore Roosevelt, Alexander the Great, Socrates, Jesus, they all had charisma

0:33.7

and spades.

0:34.7

People wanted to be near them because they gave off some sort of aura that made people

0:39.2

feel good about themselves.

0:41.2

Is this charisma, this ability?

0:43.4

Is it innate or is it something you're born with or is it something you can develop intentionally?

0:49.4

Well our guest today has written a book and said that the whole idea that charisma is

0:53.4

some sort of magical innate thing you're born with is a myth.

0:56.8

Her name is Olivia Fox and she is the author of the book The Charisma Myth, how anyone can

1:00.9

master the art and science of personal magnetism.

1:03.9

In our discussion day, Olivia and I discuss what it means to be charismatic.

1:07.7

What are the things that the attributes need to be a charismatic person?

1:11.3

How you can use that to improve your business life, your love life.

1:14.9

It's a really fascinating discussion.

1:16.4

I think you're going to get a lot out of it.

1:18.0

So stay tuned.

1:24.4

Olivia Fox, welcome to the show.

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