personal magnetism Archives

The art of directing your mental energy

Here's an interesting quote by William Walker Atkinson: "You will see, by a little thought, how much stronger will be the effect upon any special individual, if, in addition to the vibrations of our personal atmosphere, we add the force of a special current of mental...

living as if energy actually matters

You can hear or read many people saying energy matters... yet, very few live as if it does. They speak about energy, magnetism, intention... and then rush through their day scattering attention like leaves in the wind with thoughts running wild and words spilling out...

energy doesn’t keep office hours

Developing your magnetism is not a ritual confined to 20 minutes in the morning. It isn’t a switch you flip on while you do your exercises and then switch off when the coffee is finished and the day begins. Energy does not keep office hours. It is already moving...

Why trying harder is making you less magnetic

There are advices on personal magnetism that get repeated constantly: speak with confidence, hold eye contact, take up space... and while none of that is wrong exactly, it misses something important. You can do all of it and still feel like we are not magnetic. That...

Harmonizing all parts of your being

Here's an interesting quote by Hector Durville: "Most methods that claim to give you maximum strength, success, happiness, or influence over others seem incomplete to us. They do not examine the human being as a whole. They do not study, in an ordered way, the...

Cultivating a personal magnetism that matters

Here's an interesting quote by William Walker Atkinson: "Many persons leave but little impression upon us, for the reasons that their mental states are so varied, inconstant and fleeting that they neutralize each other, and fail to impart a definite shade of...

From a single point to magnetism

Here's an interesting quote by Frank Haddock: "A point has neither length, breadth, nor thickness. Move it in thought any distance in one direction, and you have the line. Move the line FROM its direction any distance, you have the surface. Move the surface OUT of its...

Energy divided is energy wasted

Personal magnetism is born out of alignment. When your behavior, thoughts, emotions, body, and energy all move together, your presence feels strong and natural. When they pull in different directions, your energy leaks away It's easy to see this in action: imagine...

The true antidote to fear and hate

Here's an interesting quote by William Walker Aktinson: "In these days of toxin and anti-toxin — of poison in sausages, oysters, canned beef, ice cream — of anti-toxin serums (that often are more deadly than the original toxin) for the prevention and cure of...

Inner Work and Charisma

In the last few posts (here and here), we explored the importance of inner work and awareness: what they really are, and just as importantly, what they are not. We looked at why it’s so easy to get stuck in overthinking or surface-level introspection, and how real...