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hammo 's review for:
The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
by Olivia Fox Cabane
This book introduced a neat insight in the first chapter: that charisma occurs at the conjunction of warmth, presence and power. There were also three good tips in the introduction: nod less frequently and quickly, pause two seconds before responding to someone, and lower the intonation at the end of your sentence.
I feel like I could've more or less guessed at the rest of the content of the book from this starting point. This book was probably worth reading a summary of, but not reading the thing itself. There were a couple more neat bits: a suggestion of building a habit by carrying around dollar bills and committing to ripping one up every time you fail at your goal. You can convey warmth through your eyes by adopting a softer focus.
A couple of historical asides were fascinating if true. Apparently the handshake originated from Romans clasping each other below the elbow to check for knives, and medieval knights added a shake to dislodge concealed weapons. Also apparently, after Napoleon was emerging from exile, a contingent of soldiers approached the army he'd managed to whip together, and he approached them and said "will you kill your emperor?" and then they joined him. I need to read a Napoleon biography.
This had some of the worst bad neuroscience I've ever come across. Apparently the frontal lobe is "the happy region of the brain". Also apparently, phenylethylamine is the hormone that produces love at first sight.
* Weird handshake advice: "open wide the space betwen your thumb and index finger to make sure you get optimal thumb-web contact"
I feel like I could've more or less guessed at the rest of the content of the book from this starting point. This book was probably worth reading a summary of, but not reading the thing itself. There were a couple more neat bits: a suggestion of building a habit by carrying around dollar bills and committing to ripping one up every time you fail at your goal. You can convey warmth through your eyes by adopting a softer focus.
A couple of historical asides were fascinating if true. Apparently the handshake originated from Romans clasping each other below the elbow to check for knives, and medieval knights added a shake to dislodge concealed weapons. Also apparently, after Napoleon was emerging from exile, a contingent of soldiers approached the army he'd managed to whip together, and he approached them and said "will you kill your emperor?" and then they joined him. I need to read a Napoleon biography.
This had some of the worst bad neuroscience I've ever come across. Apparently the frontal lobe is "the happy region of the brain". Also apparently, phenylethylamine is the hormone that produces love at first sight.
* Weird handshake advice: "open wide the space betwen your thumb and index finger to make sure you get optimal thumb-web contact"