Sublime

“He’s like Kanye,” said a Sam watcher who also spent time with Kanye West. “Wherever he goes, all this wild shit just happens.”

He gave me a simple definition, one that makes “charisma” easy to grasp: Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you. In other words, don’t try to sell other people on you, try to sell them on themselves.

He’s a very childlike presence. And it worked like a charm.

And then there was Kanye West. After he released his first album, he grabbed Mos, Talib, and Common, and brought them into his orbit. Suddenly, they were satellites of Kanye’s planet rather than ours.

Confidence is just entitlement.

Your trust in your instincts and excitement are what resonate with others.