How to acquire new friends
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To Acquire New Friends requires you to overcome your shyness and develop an outgoing and an extrovert personality. The whole process of meeting new people and making new friends can be exciting or daunting depending upon your character and situations. It is difficult to begin with but gets easier with constant practice and the right attitude. Here are some suggestions to help and guide you on the way.
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A few thumb rules
- Become a part of a support group, there is no better way to cultivate friendships. The support group may have similar interests, or same health issues, etc.
- Join up with community activities like theatrical productions, art shows, poetry readings, book signings even civic groups and political meetings.
- Volunteer to work at soup kitchens or with the local Red Cross society. Strong associations are formed and camaraderie develops when people work together in such places where there is already a mutual interest.
- If you meet someone who you think could become a friend, take the initiative to become friendly. Ask the person to join you for coffee or lunch, or to go for a walk, send a short, friendly e-mail and see if they respond, or offer to help the person with a particular task if you think it would be appreciated.
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Do’s
- As a rule be friendly and polite to people, even strangers. Who knows one of them might go on to become a close friend.
- Be yourself as far as possible and try and enjoy yourself. This will make you comfortable and give you confidence even in large groups.
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Don’ts
- Don’t inundate your new friend with phone calls or other kinds of contact. Use your intuition and common sense to decide when to call and how often.
- Don’t call late at night or early in the morning until it is an emergency, for example one of you is sick or has gotten some bad news.