The difference between Charm and Charisma is not a degree of kind, but kinds themselves.
The essence of charm is the desire and knowledge of how to please others, whereas charisma is having unusual confidence in oneself. While the charmer seduces the immediate individual, the charismatic seduces on a mass level.
The Charismatic individual makes crowds fall in love with them and lead them along, much like how the charmer seduces an individual. The charismatic person has powerfully attractive qualities that singles them out from the rest of us — it could be self-belief, or boldness, or serenity. They always keep the source of those qualities mysterious. They may never explain themselves, but everyone can feel those qualities — they radiate outwards without the appearance of any conscious effort.
We follow the charismatic individual happily because we desire to be led, especially by those who promise adventure. We lose ourselves in those causes, become emotionally attached and feel more alive by believing in them.
Max Weber described charisma as “an extraordinary quality of a person regardless of whether this quality is actual, alleged or presumed. ‘Charismatic authority’ hence, shall refer to a rule over men, whether predominately external or predominately internal, to which the governed submit because of their belief in the extraordinary quality of the specific person.”
Many of those MVP caliber players had charisma, as well as charm, but only charisma applies to the masses. If you got to know them on a personal level, I’m sure they could also be charming.
