Comments on: Don’t Be Interesting, Be Interested!

By: Being a Smooth Operator | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel

Being a Smooth Operator | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:17:03 +0000

[...] people’s goals and motives are and understand how to play to those needs. Do they need to be heard? Do they need to feel wanted or [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:56:59 +0000

This reminds me of a story told by Jim Collins when discussing his book Good to Great. He said he discovered his main idea for the book when his mentor told him to stop trying to be so interesting and to start getting interested. Life is much more fun when I can remember this little bit of wisdom!

By: “Everybody Markets” « Creating Your Name Brand

“Everybody Markets” « Creating Your Name Brand — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:31:49 +0000

[...] playing with your phone when you should be paying attention, and my other post about the power of listening. Seth Godin points out that no matter what you’re doing, you’re always being perceived [...]

By: Thiru

Thiru — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:08:01 +0000

well said – people especially the ones you meet for the first time never know about you. It is better to demonstrate that you are an interesting person straight away!

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Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:39:53 +0000

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