[quickthrowman]

> What skills does he have that I completely lack?

1. The ability to lie shamelessly.

2. Charisma.

3. Confidence.

The last two (or all three, really) can be combined into ‘salesmanship’, more or less.

[lstodd]

IMO it all combines into confidence. Which you can't project so to say if you can not make yourself believe in your own lies for a moment, and charisma is just another name for confidence. Or hutzpah for that matter.

Key point is to not let yourself forget what is that you're doing: manipulating people. Or in other words, don't forget that there is such thing as reality. Many fell into this one trap.

[yard2010]

I want to add from my own experience, he doesn't have to be accountable for anything. This post supports it.

[basch]

Conviction is a good combination of the last two. Or to cover it all

Shameless Conviction.