Do you think charisma is something you’re born with or can it be taught?

If you will ask yourself what Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Gandhi, Jesus and Adolf Hitler had in common, you would see that they had some characteristics. Beside the fact they all have different values and ways of thinking, they all were charismatic. They all were born to inspire and influence a large amound of people. It seems like they have an ability to use such a quality to move a big group. There is a strong belief that charisma is some characteristic what you were born with. So either you are or you are not charismatic. But can you teach yourself how to be charismatic, or is it something you’re born with?

In Greek, the term charisma has multiple meanings, like the power to perform miracles, to make prophecies, and the capacity to influence others. Many people see charisma as a special gift. Charisma is defined as an ability of a person to earn trust and support their followers: it enables a person to motivate others to help achieve goals. Charismatic people are more likely to hold peoples attention wich makes people listen to them more. The more charisma you have, the more people’s attention will be onto you. The larger impression you make, the more people remember about you. Nowadays, we say that someone has charisma when this person is outstanding and capable of influencing other people. Combined with other feature, such as leadership, personal attractiveness and confidence, charisma is not only a gift, but also a tool to gain power and authority.

The fact that charisma can be used as a tool, makes it something you don’t have to be born with, but can be given to you. That said, it does not mean that you can assume it will work. You need to learn how to gain and to use it. If you aren’t privileged with it, you can follow some guidelines to strengthen or gain charisma. Charisma is really about getting people to do what you want them to. Learing ‘charisma’, if charisma is linked directly to leaderschip, starts with reshaping your mental state and changing your mindset to influence your body language.

If you want to be a great leader with a huge amount of charisma, you might need to know how to maintain charisma and you to use it as wel as possible. You need to be fully focused and aware in what you are doing. You need to learn about cultures and history about groups. Not only will you be a leader, but you need to be one of them. If you also place goodwill in others, without not believing in their values, you already have something charismatic. Not only if people want to listen to you, but also want to learn something out of it, you are an inspiring aspect.

You can say that some people are just privileged with the fact they already have the ability to move and influence people, just because they are born with it. But if you are not one of these people, you should not have to think that you will never be charismactic and that you can’t have the charisma others have. If you just learn how to be it, you can be it.