Interesting or interested?
Want to make more friends? Looking for a new partner? Wish you were more popular at work?
Here’s a pro tip. Be more interested and spend less time trying to be interesting.
People are so obsessed with talking about themselves. Even when they’re not talking, you can see it in their eyes. They don’t really listen, they just wait for the next moment to cut in.
“Ah, yeah, mhm... Right! That reminds me of when I did this, and went there, and met this person, and bought this thing, and worked with that...”
It never ends. And it doesn’t get better. My feeling is that it’s getting worse and worse.
Maybe it’s a sign of the times. We’re more connected than ever, but also more disconnected than ever.
We’ve lost a little of what it means to be human.