My only issue with this is — what about ethics? Because there are politicians who use these skills to get power over people and lead them over a cliff.

Don’t get me wrong, this is a great article and you’re offering some really important information but I don’t think the point of life is to fleece other people to win. I think it’s important to provide value to others and to stand up for what’s right.

Good people like Nelson Mandela obviously had charisma and could persuade people but so did bad people like Mao. So we can’t decouple style from substance.