Listening
Talk to someone about themselves and they’ll listen for hours. (Dale Carnegie, author)
In his best seller, How to Win Friends & Influence People, Carnegie said this as an illustration of how not to win friends. For those egocentric people we meet from time to time, there’s nothing they would rather hear than someone telling them how great they are. Ben Franklin “nailed it” when he said, “A person wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.”
Those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. (Proverbs 11:25)