EGarrett comments on Meetup : Montreal - How to be charismatic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: EGarrett 09 May 2014 10:37:53PM 5 points [-]

I did a lot of research into this for my youtube channel, and I also watched some of the Olivia Fox stuff, I think there are a few things that matter and aren't covered in the general theory, like being unrehearsed. I assumed this was covered under "presence," but the way it's described, it sounds like it's the same category as "warmth."

The main thing I noticed that makes a lot of intelligent people uncharismatic is that their speech doesn't match their train of thought. Possibly because they are thinking about too many things at once. I do this a lot when I'm not paying attention, and it makes you speak too quickly, not enunciate, and often mumble or have an unnatural tone to your voice. When you can stick to one train of thought and slow your words down until they match the speed of that one train of thought, you'll find that you naturally pick up the inflection, clear pronunciation, and changes in tone and rhythm that communicate your meaning more clearly and make you sound far more confident and engaging.

It's much easier to demonstrate this speaking out loud instead of in-text, but that would be something great to focus on at the meet-up.

Comment author: JQuinton 13 May 2014 06:21:29PM 1 point [-]

I did a lot of research into this for my youtube channel

Where is your YouTube channel? I'd be interested in looking at the charisma stuff you've posted.

Comment author: EGarrett 13 May 2014 10:12:15PM 0 points [-]

Oh, I haven't posted anything on it yet, but I was researching it in order to work on my own narration. The channel is at youtube.com/StoryBrain and is devoted largely to books and movies and my own theories I developed working as a Story Analyst, sort-of like Freakonomics for Entertainment. If you like the videos, subscribe, I have tons of stuff planned. :)

Comment author: bartimaeus 10 May 2014 06:46:00PM 1 point [-]

I agree, and I'll keep that in mind. The topic is extremely broad, though, so I don' t know how much time I'll have to focus on it. I'm actually thinking of having several meetups on this, depending on people's interest.