I’m actually amazed at how likable some people are.

I’m no wierdo. I’m just an average normal person. Some people like me, some people don’t and I have no problem with that. But man, there are some people who can just make anyone like them. I’ll give you an example of one person who is close to me; William.

William is such a charismatic man. He knows how to make people smile, laugh and gets along with everyone he meets. It’s not juts charisma though, he is an expert at getting all types of personalities to feel comfortable with him. Insecure people feel secure around him, powerful people respect him, malicious and narcissistic people avoid getting into conflict with him etc. He seems to just ‘know’ the type of thing that will make different people get along with him. It is this skill that made him so unbelievably (and terrifyingly) quick at climbing the corporate ladder. He once told me that at the very beginning of his career, he heard the CEO speaking with the CTO about an issue in the company. Keep in mind that at this point he was at the bottom of the corporate food chain. He somehow managed to slip into the conversation, give the CEO advice, and the CEO actually took it. Since then he formed a personal relationship WITH THE CEO OF THE COMPANY. 16 years later and he’s now the CFO of that very company, the youngest in the company’s history.

He’s so universally loved that the few people who don’t like him can’t even show it because they’ll get ostracized for it since so many people love him.

I’ll never be like him, and I’m having trouble accepting that.