Evenifyouarenaturallyshythesethreetrickswillhelpyoutoquicklybuildanewsocialcircleinanynewcity.1.TakepicturesOneofthegreatthingsabouttakingpicturesataneventorpartyisthatitgivesyouanexcuse
Evenifyouarenaturallyshythesethreetrickswillhelpyoutoquicklybuildanewsocialcircleinanynewcity.
1.Takepictures
Oneofthegreatthingsabouttakingpicturesataneventorpartyisthatitgivesyouanexcusetogetintouchwiththepersonlater.Everybodylovesseeingpicturesofthemselvesandit’sveryeasyaftertakingapicturetosay“Ifyou’dlikeIcanemailittoyou”.Thiscanbetheseedthatleadstonewconnections.Thenexttimeyouhearaboutafuneventemailyournewcontactstoletthemknowaboutit.
2.Eataloneinpublic
Youmightfeelself-consciouseatingbyyourselfbutithasanimportantbenefit:youaremucheasiertoapproachwhenyouarealone.Peoplemaybeafraidofinterruptingyouorbeingrudeifyouareinaconversationwithsomeoneelse.Bringabookornewspapertoread(thiswillmakeyoufeellessself-conscious).Plushavinganinterestingbookwithyouwillgiveothersanexcusetostartaconversationifthey’vereadit.
3.Joinaclasssportsteamorclub
YogasalsadancingvolleyballToastmasters(apublicspeakingclub)aclassforworketc.Takeupanewhobbyorcontinueanoldone!
Theseareallgreatplacestomeetnewpeopleprimarilybecauseyouwillbeforcedtoseethesamepeopleoverandoveragainintheclass.Youwillautomaticallymakefriendswiththemifyouhaveacommoninterestandareforcedtoseeeachotheragain.
Tips:
*Inthebeginningneverturndownaninvitationfromsomeoneevenifit’ssomethingyouwouldn’tnormallydo.
*Emailyournewfriendswithfunthingstodoinsteadofalwaysaskingwhattheirplansare.Iftheyhaveabetterplanyoucandropyoursandjointhem.Thiswillhelpestablishyouassomeonewhoiscontributingvalueinsteadofjusttakingit(peoplewantthisinafriend).
*Don’tletlittlethingsinlifeupsetyouorbeanegativeperson.Peopledon’twanttobearoundsomeonelikethat!
1.____cangiveyouanexcusetostartnewconnections.
A.Takingpicturesofothers B.Eatingbyyourselfinpublic
C.Readinginterestingbooks D.Joininggroupactivities
2.Whenhavingmealsyou’dbetter____ifyouwanttomakenewfriends.
A.sitonyourowninpublicplaces
