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Re:Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders by trevyn on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:10PM (#16182006)
Do you have examples or references for the types of charismatic speech and creative metaphors you used?
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Re:Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders by killjoywashere on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:23PM (#16182137)
Charisma: if you like it, it's charisma, if you don't it's a sense of entitlement.

Metaphors: they're cooked up in the moment.

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Re:Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders by trevyn on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:08PM (#16182478)
Sorry, what do you mean by “if you like it”?
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Re:Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders by philipov on Thursday January 18, 2018 @06:28PM (#16182610)
He means the listener. Another way to put it: the difference between coming off charismatic vs entitled is having the emotional intelligence to predict what your listeners will like.
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