tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3128436125402598463..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Suckers for CharismaStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4014857445124260342017-04-09T13:54:29.251-07:002017-04-09T13:54:29.251-07:00I'm still a little confused about what charism...I'm still a little confused about what charisma is. That is in part it seems to include "extreme confidence", so when Trump says "Only I can fix it", is that charisma? And its certainly arrogant, and the opposite of humility.<br /><br />OTOH, they say Trump has a very score on "disagreeableness" which is something most politicians are not allowed to have, but people see that as "truth telling", saying what everyone else is thinking, but don't feel safe to say aloud because it is not politically correct. <br /><br />And Winston Churchill probably also would be scored high on disagreeableness, yet in a time of war, his disagreeable was also an act of truth-telling when he tried to warn the world about Hitler, but his warnings were disregarded too long. Yet after WW2 ended, he was soundly rejected, so we could say in a war time people want a different sort of leader.<br /><br />I'd consider that different times call for different strengths, and courage and humility don't go together well. If you're building up something to be greater than it was, you maybe need humility. But if you're trying to tear down something that is less than it should be, you need courage, and hope those you're standing up to also have courage to stand up to you in a honest fight.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88088794294195230332017-04-09T08:39:32.376-07:002017-04-09T08:39:32.376-07:00There was little humility in Ike who gained my fir...There was little humility in Ike who gained my first presidential vote. 5-stars or 2-stars, humble generals are few if not non-existent. Ike didn't articulate his personna to the public as communications were muted the - no net and limited TV. Newspapers made the man but you can be sure, Ike was no mouse in the interactions among the Allied commanders particularly the Brits and that modest general, de Gaulle.Jim Sweeneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-85941113657613312722017-04-09T07:41:55.983-07:002017-04-09T07:41:55.983-07:00Like Dwight Eisenhower...Like Dwight Eisenhower...Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-39756952315729242312017-04-09T06:21:31.782-07:002017-04-09T06:21:31.782-07:00I believe it was Churchill who declared that his e...I believe it was Churchill who declared that his experience was that modest, read humble, people usually had much to be modest about.Jim Sweeneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-40449835659709474132017-04-09T05:58:33.314-07:002017-04-09T05:58:33.314-07:00Humility doesn't sell very well on the Glowing...Humility doesn't sell very well on the Glowing Box. Humility doesn't get ratings. <br /><br />I'd love to know if a truly humble person ever ... tweets. The existence, content and cadence of Twitter "content" seems to perfectly capture the full depth of our sound bite age. <br /><br />Anyone relate to Caitlyn Jenner as a humble leader?Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19458965129463901282017-04-09T05:09:12.710-07:002017-04-09T05:09:12.710-07:00Buraq Obama surpassed mere charisma. In Arabic, Bu...Buraq Obama surpassed mere charisma. In Arabic, Buraq means "lightning", and is the name of the mighty steed that bore Muhammad to Jerusalem. Obama is a Lightworker, "that rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet".<br /><br />http://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/morford/article/Is-Obama-an-enlightened-being-Spiritual-wise-2544395.php<br /><br />Sort of like Starhawk, but so much more. :-D<br /><br />Mayo's right; there's definitely a market segment for that kind of bulls****.<br />trigger warninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06310637474428322994noreply@blogger.com