You can say that charisma makes you a leader, but I believe that leading gives you charisma. And that changes everything: that you gain charisma through your generous acts of leadership.
You don’t need authority, you don’t need to win an election.
What you need is to act as if – to be this generous leader – and then over time, people ascribe charisma to you, and then you get picked.
Seth Godin – Seeing the World Through a Different Frame on Big Questions with Cal Fussman