Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. A special quality sets some people apart from the crowd. They are magnetic to be around, ...

Take a minute to picture a charismatic person in your life. Maybe it’s your former boss who could command a conference room ...

Question: I attended a military-to-civilian job fair, and one of the employers told me I should focus on building "charisma." They said it would be helpful in job interviews and networking. Is that ...

Although people may not agree on a definition of charisma, they can generally agree on who has it and who doesn't. When I ask people to list charismatic public figures, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther ...

The construction workers who went missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse came to the Maryland area from Mexico or Central America, including an enterprising Honduran father and husband who started a ...

Charisma is not about a performance, it’s how we make other people feel. As a natural introvert who has strived to do well in school, it took me a long time to realize that people do not care what you ...

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