[One Thousand Characters a Day] Han Seok-jun's Speaking Class＜5＞

Editor's NoteTo cultivate a good attitude, you must first correct your thinking. Announcer Han Seok-jun emphasizes, "When your thinking is corrected, your speech also becomes proper." This means that when thoughts, words, and attitudes form a virtuous cycle and gradually improve, you can be reborn as a good person. And when you make such efforts, before you know it, only good people will surround you. Good words bring good people. Word count: 951 characters.

"I want to live happily."

That is my life goal. In fact, the reason I do broadcasting and give speech lectures is to live happily with my family. The standards of happiness vary from person to person, but the criteria for unhappiness are mostly similar. If you lose your health, you are unhappy; if you lack money, you are unhappy; if you fight with loved ones, you are unhappy. You are also unhappy if there are many unpleasant people around you.

We want to get close to good people. Of course, the standards for a good person differ for each individual. To someone, a good person might be someone more considerate than themselves. To another, a good person might be someone more famous and socially prestigious. Whatever the standard is, it is fine. I would like to share how to get close to those good people. There is a unique and powerful way. It is to become a good person yourself. Sounds obvious but too difficult, right?

If so, there is a more practical method. Simply stay away from bad people. Good people emit a fragrance. Good scents spread far but are not intense. They are subtle. So when you smell such a scent, you may not immediately recognize it. On the other hand, bad odors are intense. Everyone immediately notices and frowns. Unpleasant people emit a bad scent.

In reality, good people cannot stay near bad people. It is hard to endure that scent. They try to leave that place somehow. That is why good people gather with other good people, emitting good scents to each other.

How can you become a good person enough for good people to smell your fragrance and gather around you? First, try changing your attitude. Wearing nice clothes and driving an expensive car does not make you a good person. Respond calmly in situations that could make you angry, do not change your standards for what is right even if it means accepting disadvantages, and show small acts of kindness to strangers whose names you do not know. That is the first step to becoming a good person.

- Han Seok-jun, <Han Seok-jun's Speaking Class>, Influential, 16,800 KRW

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