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<DIV>I watched the first episode of BBC's new Robin Hood series on Saturday and it illustrated to me the difference between CHA and APP.</DIV>
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<DIV>The new Robin Hood himself is a good-looking chap, probably APP 16 or 17, but has the charisma of a wet dishcloth, probably CHA 6-8. The way he is at the moment, I can't see a dog following him, let alone a band of merry men.</DIV>
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<DIV>So, it is the perfect example of High APP and Low CHA.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Good! </DIV>
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<DIV>Your description actually reminds me of the Kevin Costner <EM>Robin Hood.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>Sure ol' Kev' is a good looking dude (I guess, I don't happen to swing that way myself, but the chicks seem to dig him). Nonetheless, I was hard pressed to accept the laconic and mild mannered Mr. Costner as the charismatic inspirer of men he was supposed to be portraying.</DIV>
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<DIV>I guess a stereotypical converse case (high CHA, low APP) is probably Hitler: a physically unappealing shrimp of a man who somehow inspired a whole country into doing some enormous (though mostly reprehensible) things.</DIV>
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<DIV>How much of CHA is opportunity? Saying the right things to the right people at the right time?</DIV>
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<DIV>Stephen Posey</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:slposey@concentric.net">slposey@concentric.net</A></DIV>
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