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trevyn
on Jan 18, 2018
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Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders
Do you have examples or references for the types of charismatic speech and creative metaphors you used?
killjoywashere
on Jan 18, 2018
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Charisma: if you like it, it's charisma, if you don't it's a sense of entitlement.
Metaphors: they're cooked up in the moment.
trevyn
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Sorry, what do you mean by “if you like it”?
philipov
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He means the listener. Another way to put it: the difference between coming off charismatic vs entitled is having the emotional intelligence to predict what your listeners will like.
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