How to Win Friends and Influence People

All too often we think that the more interesting we are, the more others will be interested in us. It makes sense, right? By appearing to have impressive skills or to have accomplished incredible feats we’ll seem alluring and naturally attract people to us. It’s easy to get sucked into the fallacy that you should try to be interesting rather than interested. But when we combat this temptation and strive to be interested, it produces better outcomes for everyone involved.