Charisma is the ability to convince a sufficient amount of people you are more interesting than you actually are, and perhaps also the ability to maintain that impression over time.
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if you're really interested in the question, "Napoleon Never Slept" by Randall Collins.
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Oh, definitely. I've always straddled the line between total lack and surprising (to me) surplus thereof.
Will let you know what I think in ~284 pages.
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The premise is interesting, though the prologue is giving me the classic business book nausea.
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Well, academic writing is its own bag of worms. It was more of a casual complaint than anything else.
Good prose writers who also know their topics are disappointingly rare. :(
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("Good" being here an entirely subjective marker for the sort of writing I like, as there is much craft in soul-sucking academic presentation and *extremely marketing voice* business book storytelling alike - just, not craft I typically enjoy.)