Hey, everyone. Do I sound different to you? Well, that's because after reading this book,

I became charismatic. Today's book is The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabain.

I'm Kellan Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and someone with a face that is so naturally

uncharismatic, I have strangers ask me what's wrong. And I'm David Vance. I think of charisma

kind of like basketball, meaning something I will work at obsessively until I maximize my relatively

low potential. The charisma myth is a step-by-step guide for how anyone can make themselves more charismatic.

I've been using it to acquire wealth and mates.

And this is the book pile.

All right, if you want to see me live, I'm going to be in Dallas, Texas, December 16th to the 17th at the Dallas Comedy Club.

Also, an important notice, I will no longer be in Carlsbad this Friday, October 28th. That shows been postponed. I'll let you know the new date

as soon as possible. Kellinerskin.com for tickets. All right, I'm going to rat on myself. I read this

charisma book a few years ago because I had just gone through a rough dating patch.

And it's so funny and sad to me that I was like, oh, I need to fix my personality with a book.

And I did it fully believing two things.

One, a book would absolutely make me more charismatic.

And two, if anyone knew I read a book to become charismatic, all my charisma points would be lost. So I genuinely

love this book, even though there's a good deal I disagree with. But, Kellan, what did you think?

I haven't been more torn on a nonfiction book.

It really deserves a tale of two cities opening line because on the one hand or the best of times,

I loved some of the legitimate helpful advice.

Uh-huh.

Like this one exercise she shares with you for when you find yourself hating yourself, like when you read negative reviews of your own podcast.

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