Charisma literally means Christ-like, and although difficult to define there are some key factors to consider if you want to develop or increase it. Self confidence is one of them. If you are confident and comfortable with yourself then you will project this outwardly. If you are not self-confident then think of someone who is [...]
Jealousy and envy are closely related but jealousy is usually when you wish you had something someone else has got eg a pay rise, or a plum project, and envy is when you haven’t got it and when you wish they hadn’t either. Envy is also about feeling inferior, being resentful, and wishing ill-will to others. [...]
Apparently blue eyed people are seen as less dominant than brown-eyed people – regardless of whether or not they are attractive (see my earlier post; “Take me to your (tall and probably attractive) leader“). But it’s not just because of the eye colour. Czech researchers think it might be because people with blue eyes are treated [...]
The pygmy posting is worrying me now (see: “What’s in a (politically correct) name?“) because I’ve been reminded about some research on tallness. I first came across this a few years ago and mentioned it in a leadership workshop in Sweden – along the lines of biological impact on leadership eg good looks, tallness, first born [...]
