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How Much Charisma?

Prompt: What is charisma to you and can too much charisma be harmful?

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Charisma is something like a talent or a charm that one can have or acquire. Such a person inspires dedication and admiration from those surrounding him or her. Charismatic people are at their best when their attentions are focused on others rather than their own actions and positive sides. That is when they can fully influence, attract, and charm others.

As to too much charisma, since charisma comes equipped with a high degree of self-confidence, such people may, at times, can be seen as braggarts, even if they may be open to new ideas and can establish new methods for stronger successes.

Even for a charismatic person, it isn’t always possible to capture everyone’s attention and get them to share a vision. Then, a highly charismatic person who is exploring a new idea may not be able to follow up on it because he or she may be attracted by another idea or strategy since most extremely charismatic people are drawn toward new and exciting venues. With that in the works, who in their right mind would want to follow such a person even if that person is very charismatic!

Charisma can also be harmful in the way that highly charismatic people can be suspected of being fake, and not having a genuine goodwill in their relationships.

Granted that some amount of charisma is needed for accomplishments, but too much of it may prove to be too much of a good thing.