"Aura of command"

[asterroc]

I've often heard individuals described as having an "aura of command", "aura of power", or "aura of leadership". Such people are described as having a magnetic personality, of drawing people to them, of entering a room and everyone immediately snaps to attention, of having their every word paid attention to.

I have never met such a person. Do these people, does this quality, really exist? Or is it just a literary hyperbole that people have bought into and pretend exists in real life? Is it just really rare and that's why I haven't encountered it? Is it really common and it's just been the luck of the draw that I haven't met such people? Or am I just insensitive to it?

Comments

[jmgold42.livejournal.com]

There are definitely people who have a natural way of attracting attention, but I think something like an "aura of command" has to be earned and not just intuited by those around such a person. Someone brought up military command earlier and I think that sort of a background can lend a person some added authority in their mannerisms (it certainly does for my boss), but that too is based on experience and isn't just an innate skill.