Welcome to Electric Current Rundown podcast, episode number 42.

And I’m your host, Phil Defiance, and I’ll always say, I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And what I’m gonna be talking about in this episode includes a continuation of where I left off on the topic of the anatomy of charisma, based on an article I read.

And then also I’m gonna be talking about The Best Books of 2025, a preview and my thoughts, that’s also based on an article I read.

So okay, I mean, to start off on this quick five minute bonus episode, I’m gonna continue on that topic of the anatomy of charisma.

I mean, the article wasn’t just politics, and it wasn’t just like things like that.

It also did give a few good pointers.

I mean, it’s true, charisma can be a good thing.

I mean, the funny thing is that the article in general was like talking about it from a perspective of like people in power, like people that want to get power or people that already have power, like political people, like politicians, and like, I mean, even religious leaders.

And like, I mean, it was like framing it in a bad way.

But either way, I mean, charisma can be beneficial to anybody.

It doesn’t have to, I mean, you don’t gotta be in politics, and you don’t even gotta have a business.

I mean, just being charismatic can improve your friendships and like get you to have more friends.

I mean, being social, I mean, not everybody’s social.

And to some people, I mean, having friends is not even important.

There’s people that are called introverts.

So I understand that too at the same time, but a lot of people are extroverts or they are to a degree.

And I mean, having friends is like an important thing for a lot of people.

So being charismatic is actually a good thing.

So, but either way, I mean, things included like being, I mean, getting to emotional levels, like it’s like hitting people in the motion and like, I mean, like reading people, like reading the room when you’re in a crowd and just reading people.

And like, I mean, just like knowing what they’re feeling and then even like speaking to their emotional self and like things like that.

And like, I mean, those types of things actually make a lot of sense because I mean, I personally have some natural charisma myself.

So, I mean, when I was reading that article, I actually could relate to some of those points.

But OK, I’m just going to finish off on this topic and switch to the next topic as I continue and then finish up episode up.

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But either way, so I mean, either way, like, I mean, it’s funny, though, that they framed it in a political sense.

I mean, why does everything have to be connected to politics?

And I mean, at the same time, too, like, I mean, it was like, obviously, they were, the article writer was, like, connecting it to Donald Trump, even though he didn’t mention him by name, but he even mentioned Barack Obama, who also was charismatic, I mean, obviously, because that’s how he won election twice.

So, I mean, either way, yes, I mean, but he was talking positively about Barack Obama.

Well, I mean, okay, I wouldn’t say Obama was my favorite president, but like, I have to admit that he was charismatic.

And I mean, in 2008, I was a supporter of him, but then I switched sides and became a Republican or conservative.

But either way, I mean, like, I’ll have to admit, in 2008, I was like, I totally saw the charisma coming out of Obama, and I actually was inspired at the time.

But either way, I mean, like, the guy was like framing it like, I mean, if you let charismatic people to be like manipulating you, then next thing you know, you’re going to have a next Hitler.

And obviously, he was referencing Trump.

And like, I mean, that’s like, just like, nonsense.

I mean, so many of these articles, like, they got to sneak in politics into it.

Why can’t they just like write an article about a specific topic and just stick to that topic?

Why do you got to put politics into everything?

It’s like ridiculous.

And plus, another thing is that Trump is nothing like Hitler.

So it’s like ridiculous that people are making those types of connotations.

But anyway, so I’m going to finish off this episode on this quick last, I mean, other topic.

And on this topic, I’m going to talk about The Best Books of 2025, a preview of my thoughts based on a New York Times article.

And I mean, like it’s ridiculous, though I’ll have to say, I mean, there’s other points I’m going to say in the next episode.

But I mean, the first thing I want to say is that, like, I mean, a few of those books that they were showcasing was like written by transvestite authors.

And if not the author, then the actual content of the book involved a character that was like, I mean, like a main character that was transvestite or gay.

I mean, like, it’s, like, ridiculous.

Like, I mean, it’s, like, just absurd because society is, like, only a small percentage of society is really, like, a part of LGBT.

And then, like, big, like, names, like, The New York Times has to, like, showcase and spotlight, like, books made by or made with characters that are a part of this LGBT type stuff.

I mean, it’s ridiculous.

I mean, don’t they realize that the majority of society isn’t a part of that?

So why do they have to, like, showcase books specifically made by authors or even involving characters of that kind of stuff?

But, OK, I’m going to continue on on that topic, and that’s not the only thing I have to say.

I will say a few other angles, too.

So, stay tuned for that in my next episode, and that’s the end of this episode, episode number 42, with me, your host, Phil Defiance, and I’ll always say that I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

Right here, that’s the end of this episode of The Electric Current Rundown.

Till next time, have a good one.