The smartest move isn’t talking about what you’ve achieved. You know that already. There’s no point in bragging, but in getting curious and learning about what others have lived through. Real influence doesn’t come from polished stories about you; it comes from the questions you ask them.

Questions like — how did that make you feel? What was that like? What surprised you the most? What would you do differently if you had another chance to do it again? How did that experience change the way you act and think after that? And here’s the Swiss Army knife of curiosity, ask — what did that teach you that still applies today?

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