Larry King Said We All Need To Do This – Friday
Week 2 | Listen To Me!
Listen instead of reading
Take a Moment
Ask God what He wants to show you before reading today
Read The Daily
Though good advice lies deep within the heart, a person with understanding will draw it out. (Proverbs 20:5)
The late American TV host Larry King once said this: In an interview show, if the host is talking 50 percent of the time, something is terribly wrong. The host should listen the most and talk the least. A good TV host sets up the question and then just listens. After reading that, I started paying attention to shows and podcast and noticed fewer and fewer hosts following Larry King’s advice. More often, interview shows are about the interviewer, whose goal is to draw attention to themselves, and not about the guests.
The writer of Proverbs says, “People’s thoughts can be like a deep well, but someone with understanding can find the wisdom there”. In other words, everybody has something to teach you. Just like it’s worth the effort to draw water from a deep well, it’s worth the time and attention to draw wisdom from another person. How do you draw the wisdom out of every person? You learn to ask smart questions.
I’m a talker, which means I have to really focus on asking people questions. In doing so, I’ve learned a secret. If you know the right questions to ask, you can learn from anybody! One thing I’ve realized is that I never learn anything while I’m talking. If my mouth is moving, I’m not learning. You don’t learn when you’re talking; you learn when you’re listening. So you’ve got to learn to listen. Be a person who believes you can learn from anyone. You just have to be willing to ask good questions—and then listen. That’s the mark of a wise person!
Prayer for the Day
God what are you showing me? What am I going to do about it?
God help me to see one person that I can serve through a kind word, random act of kindness, or simple gift today?
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