I believe that the most valuable skill in our society has to be charisma. But I wouldn't call it just a skill, it's more than that and it's also highly personal.
It's a very vague concept not really well understood by most people. In fact I don't think anybody understand the concept fully. But at the same time we can all intuitively point to people and say, They are charismatic. but when asked what exactly makes them charismatic. You'll get a hundred answers, but no one can effectively emulate the behaviour.
That last part is important, because what does that say about our understanding of charisma?
it's precisely for that reason why I think it's one of the most valuable skills/traits to have currently. It's a form of political power. You can build vast social networks and generate favours, create a following that will do your bidding. All with just language and presence.
Anybody can develop technical skills, this is not really something exceptional.
Take a guy like MrBeast for example.
A lot of people will contribute his success to his talent for making popular good videos. Personally I don't believe this is the case. Remember that before he even had a million of subscribers, he already had 'sponsors' paying him vast amounts of money 'to donate' to homeless people or for his video projects.
Even during that time, there were thousands if not tens of thousands of youtube channels with the same amount of following he had.
Hundreds that were doing similar content to him. Why was he the only one receiving these opportunities?
If you look at his more recent work, do you really think he comes up with these video concepts and is 100% involved in the production? Obviously not, he has massive editing and video production teams.
Guys like MrBeast are more involved in how he can grab the public's attention, his image and branding.
This is one of the most valueable skills in my opinion.
It's a very vague concept not really well understood by most people. In fact I don't think anybody understand the concept fully. But at the same time we can all intuitively point to people and say, They are charismatic. but when asked what exactly makes them charismatic. You'll get a hundred answers, but no one can effectively emulate the behaviour.
That last part is important, because what does that say about our understanding of charisma?
it's precisely for that reason why I think it's one of the most valuable skills/traits to have currently. It's a form of political power. You can build vast social networks and generate favours, create a following that will do your bidding. All with just language and presence.
Anybody can develop technical skills, this is not really something exceptional.
Take a guy like MrBeast for example.
A lot of people will contribute his success to his talent for making popular good videos. Personally I don't believe this is the case. Remember that before he even had a million of subscribers, he already had 'sponsors' paying him vast amounts of money 'to donate' to homeless people or for his video projects.
Even during that time, there were thousands if not tens of thousands of youtube channels with the same amount of following he had.
Hundreds that were doing similar content to him. Why was he the only one receiving these opportunities?
If you look at his more recent work, do you really think he comes up with these video concepts and is 100% involved in the production? Obviously not, he has massive editing and video production teams.
Guys like MrBeast are more involved in how he can grab the public's attention, his image and branding.
This is one of the most valueable skills in my opinion.
