Blog: 233 Are you often curious & listening?

If you’re curious, you ask the question “why?” a lot.

If you are curious, it means you really want to know something.

You are inquisitive and eager to learn.

Curiosity is a natural human trait, driven by factors including:

·      Novelty

·      Complexity

·      Surprise

These lead to people seeking knowledge and understanding about the World and their place in it.

The World around us = the Universe, nature, other people, and current events.

One might be curious about the human experience. One might also be curious about one’s emotions, motivations, strengths, and weaknesses.

People can also be curious about the ‘Purpose of Life. Individuals often want to know and understand their purpose and goals.

Plus, they want to know how they can find / get their drive to live each day as if it were their last day on Earth.

I don’t know about you, but if I am to live each day as if it were my last, I’d make sure I have a great laugh with my best friend(s), and I’d put music on for us to have a bloody good dance to it.

I’ve done some research on the internet into what the word listening really means in day-to-day life. I found out that the most successful people in life do more listening than talking.

One of the sincerest forms of respect you can give someone is to listen to them.

So, here’s how to be a good listener:

Don’t talk over the other person you’re with. When you’re doing the talking, be patient and pause to allow others to speak. Also, address people by their name(s) and make eye contact with them.

Invite people you’re with or whom you are contacting on the phone or by email, to share their perspectives with you.

The intention of listening to others is to gain a better understanding of their perspective.

It is often said that people are more attracted to people who have good listening skills. If you want to feel better about your appearance = your looks, make yourself listen more, rather than you just waiting for your chance to speak. People who are more socially attractive are people who actively listen to others.

If you make eye contact with who is speaking, it helps you to build a genuine connection and it allows you to look beyond their appearance.

I remember that when I was a child, I was curious about pretty much everything. Now I’m an adult I am still curious about things, but day-to-day life as a grown-up doesn’t leave much time for me to be curious about things as much as I’d like to be. I’d like to know how we discovered things before the internet was invented. I suppose one would go to the library more often. I haven’t been to a library for years. This is because I own so many books and I want to read all of them. Plus, I have my good old laptop that I use to search the internet.

A huge thank you to the various people who contributed to the research done to find out how to set things up on the internet. The main man is: Sir Tim Berners-Lee who invented the World-Wide-Web. This is the key part of how we access things on the internet. After all, if it wasn’t for the internet, I couldn’t have started www.lauramaccommunity.com ,  (LMC.com).

I do love to listen, but I’m also a chatterbox. Hence the blogs & books I write just keep on coming and coming etc. (The books I’ve written are for sale on here: Online book bookshop: on the LMC.com website).

I feel lost without chatting away with my friends and / or by writing blogs & books.

I really hope you enjoy reading my writing. x