Positive personality trait
Charismatic
Having a warm and compelling presence that inspires others.
4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Draws attention when they start to speak, and people stay to listen.
- Makes the person they are talking to feel noticed and important.
- Gets others excited about an idea or a plan, and willing to act on it.
Fits when a person has a compelling social presence that readily attracts attention
Not when popularity is mistaken for goodness, competence, or trustworthiness
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Resume line Spoke at [number] [events, meetings or sessions] for [audience], raising [sign-ups, donations or volunteers] from [number] to [number].
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is charismatic and uses it well: when [campaign or team] needed [support or volunteers], people listened to them and signed up, and the plan they were backing was a sound one.
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Report card comment [Name] is a natural leader in group work: classmates are drawn to their ideas, and they use that pull kindly, making sure everyone is included.
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In a story, shown not told He was halfway through the story when the next three tables in the café went quiet. By the end, a stranger had pulled up a chair to hear how it finished.
The charismatic speaker held the room before the first slide appeared.
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