Ed Mylett

I just want to tell you I believe in you.

Do an acknowledgement statement that post-frames what you've covered, and I promise you, you've now put a bow around being one of the great listeners that anyone will ever be around.

It's going to make you one of the most well-liked and most influential people

that you know.

And by the way, isn't that what we're after in life?

Being well liked and being influential.

And that usually comes down not to being an incredible orator, but being an incredible listener.

And these are the skills, and these skills matter in every area, in building a church, in building a boy scout troop, in building a softball team, in building a business, in building any family.

Anything in life is that we want to be able to be liked and have influence, and that always comes down to what we make people feel

And more than anything, people feel great when they've been able to talk about themselves, but most importantly, they feel listened to, connected with, and acknowledged.

Listened to, connected with, and acknowledged.

This is how we have influence over people.

This is also how we make a difference in people's lives.

The final piece of the puzzle is this, is that because of social media, we have such an advantage, and I just want to tell you something that doesn't happen enough, but when it has happened for you,

man, does it feel like the connection's even deeper.

It doesn't matter what it is, is that when your separation from that person takes place and they leave you, especially if they don't live with you, whether that be a client, a best friend, a new friend, or someone you just met, following up

a little while later with a text that just says, I enjoyed our time so much.

I enjoyed listening to you.

Thanks for sharing this with me.

And maybe repeating back to them what you heard a little bit of.