Specialize

Find one thing you're good at and then specialize until you are special. It could be a sport, a task, a natural ability, or a personally developed talent. Use that strength as much as you can to build your level of assurance and specialization.

John Maxwell

OVERSENSITIVITY

Oversensitive people are constantly licking their wounds. They look inward and are not aware of the needs of others. Naturally, people don't flock around them.

John Maxwell

PRIDE

A prideful person will have a tendency to look down on other people, feeling a sense of superiority. People will not follow or identify with a snobbish personality who is conscious of status and position.

John Maxwell

AFFIRMATION

Affirmation - the ability to build up. We tend to become what the most important person on our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others.

John Maxwell

What happens to you speaks of your circumstances. What happens in you speaks of your character. And what happens through you speaks of your charisma.

John Maxwell

INFLUENCE

Influence - the ability to lead. Leadership is influence. If something new, exciting, and interesting is happening in your life, you will want to share it. In doing so, you will influence others and they will want to follow your lead.

John Maxwell

RESULTS

Results - the ability to produce. Charismatic people want to be on the winning side of life. People like being around winners and want to play on the winning team. Find your strength and then find someone who needs your strength. That creates productivity.

John Maxwell

ACTION

Action - the ability to make things happen. Something exciting always seems to be happening around a person with charisma. The charismatic person has an aversion to being boring. He or she may be controversial, unusual, or entertaining, but never boring.

John Maxwell

HELP

The ability to reach out. Put simply, charismatic people are helpers. They are out to see others profit; they have the gift of grace. In fact, the Greek word of gift is "charisma" meaning "gift of grace."

John Maxwell

CONCERN

Concern - the ability to show you care. Charismatic people have the ability to show concern for people's deepest needs and interests. That doesn't mean charismatic people are mushy or patronizing, but when you are around them, you sense their interest and care and leave them feeling that you are important.

John Maxwell

CHARISMA

C-Concern
H-Help
A-Action
R-Results
I-Influence
S-Sensitivity
M-Motivation
A-Affirmation

Keep in mind that these traits are not simply inborn; they are attainable by anyone who cares about other people and wants to develop his or her rational skills.

John Maxwell