One of the most underrated skills that we have attained as adults is listening. My youth pastor would always joke and quote James 1:19 saying that God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason; we’re supposed to use the former more often.
Want to improve your place in life? First find out who you need to be listening better to today, this week, this month, this year. Maybe it’s your client, maybe it’s your boss, maybe it’s your employees, maybe it’s your coworkers, maybe it’s your husband or wife, maybe it’s your children, maybe a friend and so on. I can guarantee you that at any given time we can find someone that we could do more listening to, to find out what they’re needing, find out what they’re wanting. We could think of someone right now that we need to give the time of day.
Doing this almost always results in action. You hear a specific need when you truly listen and more often than not, we end up being moved and motivated to want to meet that need. To be moved we have to truly listen and put ourselves in their shoes for a moment. We all crave this. To be heard and seen. When we hear someone else we just may get the bug to be the answer for them or help. Bonus content: you will get blessed in the process. It’s very hard to improve the life of someone else and not turn improve your own life. I can already hear the comments on how your own actions won't be reciprocated. True it may not be each time, however you will have begun to attain the skill of standing out and being different in the crowd around you due to practicing you’re listening , Over your speaking, and in doing so you begin to better yourself as a person. The saying is Luck is when opportunity and preparation meet. Began to go down the path of choosing to be less self-focused and you're bound to run into opportunity and be more prepared than the next person to receive it.
Gonna have to trust me on that one and just put it into practice to see for yourself.
Going out of your way to listen to those who need you to listen to can’t help, but in the long run, create a better marriage, a better friendship, a better work environment, a higher return on investment with your customers and employees.
Yes, others in your life need to work on their part with you as well, but take the first step and be the difference. Go out of your way to use your two ears more often than you use your one mouth. It starts with you and me first before others jump on board. Success is waiting. How do we get success? By paying the rent, and the rent is due every day.
Make it a great one.