Charisma is not who you are. Charisma is what you do.

Anyone can be more charismatic if they are willing to work at it. Here are seven simple things that you can do to boost your charisma, whether on stage or off.

1. Make eye contact with your audience or the people with whom you are speaking. Don’t look at your phone or down at the floor or out the window.

2. Smile. It’s the shortest distance between two people.

3. Listen actively. Don’t listen to respond_ listen to _understand_.

4. Speak with confidence. Don’t “uptalk”. Your voice should come down at the end of a statement.

5. Tell stories. Stories engage people and add context and meaning to the point you want to make.

6. Be authentic. As Oscar Wilde said, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

7. Show compassion for others. Genuinely care about the people with whom you are speaking.

If you want more tips and insights on public speaking, please visit my website, Manner of Speaking. [ Ссылка ]. There, you will find hundreds of posts on every aspect of public speaking and presentation skills.

CREDITS

All images and music are either free for use without attribution or used under another Creative Commons license as indicated below.

MUSIC

“Inspiring Cinematic Uplifting” by RomanSenykMusic: [ Ссылка ]

IMAGES (in order of appearance)

1. Make eye contact
– Erik Mclean on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Amirr Zolfaqari on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Fatih Yildirim on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]

2. Smile
– Gabriel Silvério on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Petr Sevcovic on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Juno Jo on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]

3. Listen actively
– James Oladujoye on Pixabay: [ Ссылка ]
– Mimi Thian on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Joshua Rodriguez on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]

4. Speak with conviction
– Rocheartist on Pixabay: [ Ссылка ]
– “Angela Lee Duckworth” by Ryan Lash: [ Ссылка ] – CC BY-NC 3.0 (Attribution, NonCommercial) [ Ссылка ]
– Product School on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]

5. Tell Stories
– Darkside550 on Pixabay: [ Ссылка ]
– Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels: [ Ссылка ]
– “The Storyteller” by Staffan Cederborg on Flickr: [ Ссылка ] – Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic [ Ссылка ]

6. Be authentic
– Denis Agati on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Luxstorm on Pixabay: [ Ссылка ]
– HP Koch on Unsplaah: [ Ссылка ]

7. Show compassion
– Erika Giraud on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Zac Durant on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]
– Juan Pablo Rodriguez on Unsplash: [ Ссылка ]

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