This video is my attempt at unpacking how to listen. I want to give you some of my strategies for conversation and interpersonal relationships. As Allan Watts said, "the most interesting people are the most interested people." If you can train yourself to be interested in someone else, you not only gain tremendous insight into the world (because they will be honest with you), but you will also leave them feeling like they have been heard and appreciated. You never know how much small acts of kindness, like listening, affect the world. I like to think that the small acts are what actually make up the world, much the same way small bricks build big houses, or atoms make up galaxies. The more we listen to each other, the better the world will become. Every decision you make matters. This is why.

I also STRONGLY recommend you read Frank Ostaseski's book, The Five Invitations. It may be the most important book for our generation.

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