The first way to be interesting is to be interested. Someone who’s interested – in whatever it is – is immediately interesting.
Listen.
Care.
Be curious.
Be intrigued.
Be surprised.
Take pleasure in learning whatever the person has to teach you. Very often we like to think of ourselves as self-important. We might ignore the perspectives of others for a variety of reasons. Sometimes we think we know better than them (and hey, sometimes we do…). Sometimes we’d like to think we’ve already thought about the subject, and have come to our own conclusions. The worst is when we ignore what people have to say because we want to experience things for ourselves, first hand – all of us are guilty of this when we grow up, not listening to everything our parents tell us.
How we act is what makes us different. We can still listen and learn from everyone – even if what they say is wrong, it can help you realize just how right the other perspective is. Learn to listen, learn to learn.