Interesting vs Being Interested
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read
Everyone wants to talk about themselves, it almost feels that there are more mouths than ears. How often do we listen to someone speak ? Empathise with what they’re going through, put ourselves in their shoes ? For most of the time, we’re merely ‘hearing’ to some voice while our mind is busy cooking up a reply. Like they say sound enters through one ear and leaves through another.
Listening to someone with undivided attention is a skill that’s taken for granted. Like all skills, it has to be practised. It’s really easy to talk, about yourself, about your work, about your life but real connections are made when you genuinely listen to someone. Here are a few reasons why being interested in someone helps.
- Someone’s favourite person for someone is usually themselves. People love talking about themselves.
- Replying to someone after completely listening to them makes the conversation engaging.
- Listening to someone helps them trust you.
- People will love your company.
- People will share more information with you.
- You’ll learn a lot more from people.
- If you genuinely listen to someone and still do not agree with them, you can decide better about staying with them.
- People will feel easy with you and this may give you a great oppurtunity in future.