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The Science of Magnetic Charisma: Skills Anyone Can Master

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What makes someone light up a room? Drawing from Olivia Fox Cabane's 'The Charisma Myth,' Harvard psychologists' research, and FBI negotiation techniques, this episode reveals charisma isn't magic-it's learnable skills of presence, power, and warmth that anyone can develop.

The Science of Magnetic Charisma: Skills Anyone Can Master
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Modern Wisdom
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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-modern-wisdom-30936734/episode/917-vanessa-van-edwards--270598683/
Insufficiently complimentary?: Underestimating the positive impact of compliments
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34636586/
Universal dimensions of social cognition: warmth and competence
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17188552/
10 ways to have a better conversation
link
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/10-ways-to-have-a-better-conversation-celeste-headlee
Modern Wisdom
link
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17260872/
Captivate (book page and overview)
link
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/captivate/
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet:_The_Power_of_Introverts_in_a_World_That_Can%27t_Stop_Talking
Self-disclosure and liking: A meta-analytic review
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7809308/
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
link
https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Bringing-Boldest-Biggest-Challenges/dp/0316256579
Your body language shapes who you are
link
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/your-body-language-shapes-who-you-are-amy-cuddy
Huberman Lab Podcast
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https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/chris-voss-how-to-succeed-at-hard-conversations
How great leaders inspire action
link
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action
Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People
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https://www.amazon.com/Captivate-Succeeding-Vanessa-Van-Edwards/dp/0399564489
The Like Switch: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Influencing, Attracting, and Winning People Over
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https://www.amazon.com/Like-Switch-Influencing-Attracting-Winning/dp/1476754489
Sounds like a winner: voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women
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https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2012.0311
Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24870387/
How to speak so that people want to listen
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https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen
It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-Asking Increases Liking
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http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:35647952
How to Win Friends and Influence People
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https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Win-Friends-and-Influence-People/Dale-Carnegie/9780671027032
Power posing (overview and replication history)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_posing
The Charisma Myth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charisma_Myth
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended on It
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https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805
The chameleon effect: The perception–behavior link and social interaction
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10402679/
Learning Charisma
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22741422/
What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
link
https://www.amazon.com/What-Every-Body-Saying-Speed-Reading/dp/0061438294
Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
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https://www.amazon.com/Influence-New-Expanded-Psychology-Persuasion/dp/0063136899
The effect of a pratfall on increasing interpersonal attractiveness
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/bf03342263
The liking gap in conversations: Do people like us more than we think?
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https://guscooney.com/publication/the-liking-gap-in-conversations-do-people-like-us-more-than-we-think/
Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
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https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/312425/give-and-take-by-adam-grant/
Can Charisma Be Taught? Tests of Two Interventions
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https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amle.2010.0012
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How can I develop charisma and become more magnetic to others?

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