The Best Way to Persuade is With Your Ears
If you want to persuade others…listen more, talk less
Whether it’s romance, family, politics, religion, business, or any other arena, the most effective way to persuade someone else is to genuinely, sincerely, and actively listen to the person you wish to persuade.
I’m currently reading 25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks by John C. Maxwell and Les Parrott. It’s an excellent book containing some incredible nuggets of wisdom.
When I saw this particular gem of a quote, I had to stop and type out this quick article. The quote is the title of this article.
“The best way to persuade is with your ears.”
— John Maxwell and Les Parrott
One of the main reasons politics has become so toxic in our society (including here on Medium) is that people are more interested these days in expressing themselves than in listening to others.
We want to talk, write, express, pontificate.
We don’t really want to listen.
If we do, it’s just to get some quick info to help feed our pre-existing opinions or to affirm how we already think or feel.
