part0033

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

It’s quite easy to become so comfortable with the friends you have that you spend time with them exclusively and never seek more. This is a tragic attitude – there are more than seven billion people on the planet, every one of whom has the potential to be an amazing friend. It’s impossible to try with them all, but you should make it your aim to get to know as many people as possible because you never know which ones could turn out to be amazing companions you’d otherwise have missed out on.

You can’t wait for people to initiate contact – it has to be you. The best way of doing this is to express interest in them. People are more receptive to people who approach them and everyone wants to tell people about themselves and get to understand them. Being the person who genuinely wants to do that will win you many friends. This attitude will also work on your existing friendships and serve to make them much stronger and make you more well-liked.

Cultivate the interest in other people that will help you win more friends and build stronger relationships with them. You can’t really fake this attitude – you really do have to be sincere. Change your outlook to begin to see other people for the potential of experiences you could have with them and new knowledge you could learn from them, as well as the possibilities for cooperation and helping each other through the journey of life that lies in them.

On each day this week, seek to listen to a different person’s current circumstance with genuine interest. Make them to be the most important person in the world for that moment.