The Interested Challenge by Waqar
To know why being interested is better than being interesting, I was given a challenge named “The Interested Challenge” by AMAL ACADEMY. The rule of this challenge was to not speak anything about yourself for a day while talking to others and just listen them what they say or ask others about them without telling them that you are doing any challenge. I thought I should do this challenge to see how it affects my thinking about others.
I did this challenge 2 days ago and my parents tried to talk to me but I keep my answers short so they don’t have to discuss much about me. I asked them about their day schedule and other stuff. Even while doing online chat with friends, I tried to listen to my friends more than talking about myself. At family gathering (tea time), I only listened to what everyone was saying and contribute in the discussion in a way to talk about others. By the end of the day, I successfully completed my challenge.
From this challenged, I learned lot of new things and I got to know that why being interested is better than being interesting. Everyone was happy that I was listening to them and caring about what they were saying without talking too much about myself. I realized that sometimes it is better to listen what others are saying rather than talking about yourself all time. I’ll try to follow this lesson in future as well.