Science Hacks To Make ANYONE More Charismatic At Work, At Parties, On Dates, and In Relationships with Vanessa Van Edwards

My guest today is Vanessa Van Edwards, the best-selling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding With People, translated into 16 languages, and the author of the brand new book, Cues: Master The Secret Language of Charismatic Communication. Her YouTube tutorials and Tedx Talk have been viewed by over 50 million people, and she teaches her science-backed people skills to audiences around the world including SxSW and MIT and at companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more.

• The benefits of being more charismatic
• The difference between confidence and charisma
• How much of charisma you’re born with and how much you can cultivate
• If introverts can be as charismatic as extroverts
• How much being physically attractive matters in being charismatic
• If there’s a difference in what we perceive as charismatic in men and women
• 2 science-backed tricks to nail your next job interview
• How to dial up your charisma to network better
• A cold email secret that will make you WAY more likely to receive a response
• How to be the person everyone loves at a party
• The best conversation starters, according to science
• The cues you can look for that show if people like you
• The most off-putting thing people commonly do in their day to day lives
• How to make your long term partners or co-workers like you even more

We’d both love to hear anything that resonates, or anything that you try, so screenshot and tag us on Instagram – I’m @lizmoody and she’s @vvanedwards.

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