{"id":63094,"date":"2010-11-21T22:33:04","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T04:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=63094"},"modified":"2021-06-05T12:25:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T17:25:08","slug":"the-secret-of-bill-clintons-charisma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/people\/social-skills\/the-secret-of-bill-clintons-charisma\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret of Bill Clinton’s Charisma"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared in the Art Of Manliness ‘Trunk’ – a collection of cool stuff we find while wandering the vast deserts of the world wide web.<\/p>\n

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Bill Clinton is (in)famous for the charisma he exudes. Countless stories exist of complete strangers (and even people who despised Clinton) leaving a first encounter with him feeling like they’ve known him for years.<\/p>\n

What’s Clinton’s secret to his charisma?<\/p>\n

According to Tim Ferris, it’s all about eye contact and understanding personal space<\/strong>. You can enhance your charisma skills by doing the following three things:<\/p>\n

1. Practice Brief Eye Contact With Strangers<\/p>\n

2. Master the Art of Personal Space<\/p>\n

3. Practice Being Present<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more about becoming insanely characteristic at Tim Ferris’ blog:<\/p>\n

How It Works: Clinton\u2019s \u201cReality Distortion Field\u201d Charisma<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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