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the talent for making people feel important while you do all the taking.
means a magnetic quality that makes others want to like you, trust you, and follow your lead before they've checked the facts.
from from greek kharisma, meaning gift of grace, originally used for divine favor bestowed by the gods, before max weber secularized it in 1922 to describe leaders whose authority comes from personal magnetism rather than tradition or law.
weber's termborrowed straight from religious vocabulary for prophets
studies showperceived charisma often just means good listening skills
fakeable traitactors and con men both weaponize it identically