What is it about those folks who simply have it all - looks, money, power, but most importantly...the ability to influence, persuade, and lead other people. What is this factor that draws others in and gets them to follow these natural leaders with undying loyalty and enthusiasm to the very end...because nobody can achieve success alone.

It certainly does seem like an otherworldly magical quality, doesn't it?

Charisma is that enigmatic appeal that creates charm and inspires confidence which participants and onlookers alike can't resist but to be attracted to it within the charismatic geniuses out there, by wanting to bask in their presences, get their acquaintances, and hang on to their every word. Such powerful aura would make anybody want to be just like them!

But this raises the question, can you become charismatic if you're not?

Now that can easily lead to the good old born or bred debate of whether charisma is innate or developed. However, charisma is definitely not exclusive to those born, but are characteristic traits you can cultivate in your behaviors to make yourself more charismatic, and here's how.