How To Be Sympathetic With Others
Being sympathetic is one of the best ways in which you can build bridges with people. By being sympathetic with people, you automatically build a bridge as the other person starts to realize that you have genuine interest in him.
Look 95% of the population just think primarily of their own wants and needs. By being a person that’s different, you will attract people in spades. Unfortunately when people talk of their own problems, the people who they are talking too usually switch off..
You be the one who consoles. You be the one who tries to heal, you be the one who reaches out, you be the one who helps, you be the one who feels sympathetic. You be the one who above all, reaches out and genuinely has an interest in the person’s plight.
It is far easier to influence a person who you understand (and he thinks also you understand him), than influence a person you don’t understand..