Evenifyouarenaturallyshy,thesethreetrickswillhelpyoutoquicklybuildanewsocialcircleinanynewcity.
1.Takepictures
Oneofthegreatthingsabouttakingpicturesataneventorpartyisthatitgivesyouanexcusetogetintouchwiththepersonlater.Everybodylovesseeingpicturesofthemselves,andit’sveryeasyaftertakingapicturetosay“Ifyou’dlikeIcanemailittoyou”.Thiscanbetheseedthatleadstonewconnections.Thenexttimeyouhearaboutafuneventemailyournewcontactstoletthemknowaboutit.
2.Eataloneinpublic
Youmightfeelself-consciouseatingbyyourselfbutithasanimportantbenefit:youaremucheasiertoapproachwhenyouarealone.Peoplemaybeafraidofinterruptingyouorbeingrudeifyouareinaconversationwithsomeoneelse.Bringabookornewspapertoread(thiswillmakeyoufeellessself-conscious).Plus,havinganinterestingbookwithyouwillgiveothersanexcusetostartaconversationifthey’vereadit.
3.Joinaclass,sportsteam,orclub
Yoga,salsadancing,volleyball,Toastmasters(apublicspeakingclub),aclassforwork,etc.Takeupanewhobbyorcontinueanoldone!
Theseareallgreatplacestomeetnewpeople,primarilybecauseyouwillbeforcedtoseethesamepeopleoverandoveragainintheclass.Youwillautomaticallymakefriendswiththemifyouhaveacommoninterestandareforcedtoseeeachotheragain.
Tips:
*Inthebeginning,neverturndownaninvitationfromsomeone,evenifit’ssomethingyouwouldn’tnormallydo.
*Emailyournewfriendswithfunthingstodoinsteadofalwaysaskingwhattheirplansare.Iftheyhaveabetterplanyoucandropyoursandjointhem.Thiswillhelpestablishyouassomeonewhoiscontributingvalueinsteadofjusttakingit(peoplewantthisinafriend).
*Don’tletlittlethingsinlifeupsetyouorbeanegativeperson.Peopledon’twanttobearoundsomeonelikethat!
小题1:____cangiveyouanexcusetostartnewconnections.