{"id":406,"date":"2018-12-05T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T17:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=406"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:39:21","slug":"be-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/be-interested\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Interested"},"content":{"rendered":"
Be Interested<\/span><\/div>\n

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“If you want to have an interesting dinner conversation, be interested. If you want to have interesting things to write, be interested. If you want to meet interesting people, be interested in the people you meet–their lives, their history, their story.”\u00a01<\/sup><\/p>\n

–Jim Collins, management consultant; author, Built to Last and Good to Great<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If you want to be a likeable person, demonstrate a genuine interest in other people’s lives.\u00a0Collins says\u00a0one of the best\u00a0pieces of personal advice he ever\u00a0received came when the great civic leader,\u00a0John Gardner encouraged him to spend less\u00a0time trying to be interesting, and more time being interested. It revolutionized his life.<\/p>\n

It’s true, everybody has a story to tell, and\u00a0when\u00a0we show\u00a0an interest in hearing at least a portion of someone else’s\u00a0experience\u00a0we validate their worth and endear them to us.<\/p>\n

1<\/sup>\u00a0Excerpt from\u00a0Business 2.0,<\/em>\u00a0December, 2005., p. 109.<\/span>
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