If you’re a business owner, or plan to be one soon, chances are you’ve read countless articles on the magnetism of the world’s top CEOs.
An entire industry exists around making business owners like you learn how to charm people (and hopefully attract clients) like Richard Branson and Elon Musk. Charisma isn’t overrated.
If you’ve ever met someone with a personality that draws people in, you’ll agree that such people are better at getting things to go their way than the rest of us.
Charisma isn’t overrated. If you’ve ever met someone with a personality that draws people in, you’ll agree that such people are better at getting things to go their way than the rest of us.
In some cases, a slight change in your personality is all you need to have people paying more attention to you and your business. Instead of paying for expensive coaching lessons, invest your money into something more needful.
Practising these tips won’t make you a charismatic rockstar business owner overnight, but people will undoubtedly start to notice the changes after a while.
Bet you weren’t expecting that, were you? ‘Be nice’ is a phrase that probably everyone has heard at some point in their lives. It’s obvious that being polite to people is a great way to make them like you more. But actively being nice requires more effort than most of us are willing to use.
Choosing to be nice to someone is an action people do notice, and appreciate, which makes them, in turn, pay more attention to you.
Being nice means smiling at a person before they smile at us. It means starting a new conversation with a positive thought about the person you’re talking to. Whether this positive thought leaves your mouth in the form of a compliment or remains at the forefront of your mind, choosing to be nice to someone is an action people do notice, and appreciate, which makes them, in turn, pay more attention to you.
It’s surprising all the places we look at when we’re talking to a person. Their chin, their forehead, that weird spot right below their eyebrow… Everywhere, except dead in the eye.
The eyes are a window to the soul. It’s a great saying, and it has some truth to it.
It shows you’re ready to devote your undivided attention to the person in front of you.
Having someone look you in the eye for the first time can be an unsettling feeling because it forces you to keep your attention on them and vice versa.
Even if you’re unsure about your communication skills, looking a person in the eye can draw their attention away from what meaning might be lacking in your words, and towards your impressive confidence. It shows you’re ready to devote your undivided attention to the person in front of you. And whether that’s true or not, this can be a great way to introduce your business to someone without them gradually tuning out.
Body language is what most business owners pay coaches to have improved. With a few minutes in front of the mirror everyday and some conscious effort, this can be worked on without paying a dime.
Here are a few of the most important ones to remember:
When you’re telling someone about your business, remind yourself that it’s not the worst thing in the world, even if they aren’t particularly interested in hearing about it. Even if the stakes are high, your business can find support elsewhere.
Aside from this, if your business idea is as good as it appears to be, your enterprise will survive even without the support you’re seeking from other business owners and investors.
If your business idea is as good as it appears to be, your enterprise will survive even without the support you’re seeking from other business owners and investors.
Having this thought in your mind will help you remain calm and focused when having conversations, and hopefully keep the nerves at bay.
Promoting your business can be difficult, particular to foreign investors and would-be partners. But the right amount of charisma is capable of bypassing any cultural differences.
Your business’ success depends on so many other factors and once you’ve found willing partners, having these factors in place could certainly dictate the success of your business.
Take payments for instance.
We are, thankfully, beyond a point where all your investors and contractors need to be located in the same country as your business. It’s fairly common these days to have business partners flung halfway around the globe.
Many small business owners hesitate to enter cross-border business agreements because of the cost of sending and receiving international payments.
Bank wires, which used to be the only option, are expensive and slow. They’re also unreliable because there is no way to track payments sent and a single mistake on the sender’s part could result in your funds being lost.
Independent payment platforms aren’t that much better either. Have you seen the recent transfer fees from Paypal?
Try something new. Use Veem.
Veem allows businesses to send and request global payments with just a click. Faster, cheaper and safer than banks.
You can track all your transactions in real time. Plus, since Veem charges no wire fees and offers competitive foreign exchange rates, you save money too.
Sign up for a free Veem account and enjoy effortless global payments.
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