One humble, patient act that makes a lot of difference
In the last couple of social functions that I attended, it became clear to me that the ones who love talking about themselves first, foremost and the most, tend to miss out on what others could do for them and how others could be of great help to them in their work. Without any intention of sounding superior in any way, what I observed as a pattern was that some of them seemed so dead-sure of what they had done and were currently doing that there did not seem any curiosity to learn from a diversity of subjects and sources. They just seemed so full of themselves. And yet I came across three people in those gatherings who spoke the least except to know first and know more and then shared how knowing something from a totally different perspective seemed to help them in their work. They asked lot of relevant questions and had the humility to learn first. The adapted version of Stephen Covey's habit number 5 becomes so much more apt and relevant here: Seek first to know an...