I talk way too much about Dancing with the Stars on a blog that has nothing to do with dancing, but I can’t help myself.
One of the things that breaks my heart with this show is that amazing dancers get sent home and lousy dancers (who I’m sick of watching) stay and the reason this often happens comes down to one thing: personality.
If viewers love you, they’ll vote for you even if you look like a blind donkey during your rhumba.
And, it’s not just personality…it’s charisma.
If you want to win the mirrorball (the trophy you get if you win Dancing with the Stars), you better have lots of charisma.
I’m assuming you aren’t trying out for Dancing with the Stars next year, but you probably are thinking about doing a Facebook Live or a webinar or setting up a sales funnel or recording a video for your next launch. You’ll be a lot more successful with all of these things if you’re more charismatic.
The good news is that charisma can be taught. Look at the earliest videos of Steve Jobs–his first presentations–and then look at his last presentations. They’re quite different. You can see that Steve Jobs did a lot of work on improving his charisma.
Because this is such a big topic, I knew I couldn’t do much with a 5-minute video, so I put together a mini-class for you.
Enjoy this free 30-minute video that contains 10 ways to increase your charisma today:
In the video, this is the blog post I recommended you read about visualization.
P.S. I’m hosting an in-person retreat this upcoming spring. It’s going to be a small retreat (only 5-10 spots) and I’m going to open up the spots to the women in Sunday Society first. I assume all of the spots will be taken from the women in Sunday Society but if they aren’t, I’ll open them up to everyone on the Blacksburg Belle email list. If you’d like the chance to grab up one of the spots, make sure you’re in Sunday Society!
Thanks for talking about charisma, April. It’s a topic that I don’t think about enough. I had so many great takeaways from this video.
As a coach, I’m going to practice talking more slowly with my clients to project power and calm control. I tend to talk fast when I’m excited and passionate about a new idea, and I see how that may be overwhelming for clients. And always smile 🙂
This was great April! Thank you! I’m going to keep these tips nearby to refer to often and especially before I go on video or to an event. Now I need to create my warm-up routine…
Hi April,
Great thanks to including 31 minutes your video in this post! I am so much glad by seeing you on like live
I think according to your 10 tips, if i can implement only 6/7 tips then i will available to improve charisma
Thanks a lot for sharing dear.
Great post! It was exactly what I needed. While I can blather on for hours in a written blog post, I’m so shy & introverted that I really struggle in face to face situations and thus, I’m not exactly charismatic. These were great tips for me to practice.
I had to laugh at the physical discomfort part though. (And I really, really hope you don’t take this as an insult…) On the wall behind you, one of the pictures is crooked. Once I noticed it, it was all I could see and I kept feeling myself staring at it instead of focusing on you. I actually caught myself squinting and tipping my head in that ‘what the hell’ kind of way. I could only imagine what you would have thought of my facial expression if we were face to face. In other words, you proved your point…. and I realized that I might just be a little more OCD than I realized. 🙂