“People Don’t Like Me” Feeling: What To Do About It
“Why do I get the feeling that people don’t like me?” This is probably a question you’ve asked yourself many times. Let’s cover this topic in this article.
Social Fears: What Are They & How To Face Them
Living in a world that can revolve around socializing with social fears is a horrible experience. Let’s talk about what it exactly is and how to face them.
Shyness And Social Anxiety: The Differences
Many people believe that shyness and social anxiety are the exact same thing. I’m here to tell you otherwise. Let’s discuss their differences.
20 Socially Awkward Mistakes To Avoid
Socially awkward mistakes are painful and weird and we’d rather not experience them at all. In this article, we’ll discuss how to avoid them.
Solutions To Poor Social Skills
Having poor social skills is fairly common than you think. Nevertheless, it’s still something you need to handle if you want to make friends better.
Socialize Again (After The Lockdown): How To Do It Properly
If you’re itching to socialize again once the lockdown is over and done, learn how to socialize properly first before you can finally go out.
Feeling Lonely: What Does It Really Mean?
Everyone starts feeling lonely every once in a while, but the reason and the specific emotions that come with it are unique for everyone.
Ways To Be Less Nervous and Self-Conscious Around People
It’s very unnerving when you get self-conscious around people when you’re socializing. That’s what we’ll try to get rid of in this article.
Making Excellent Conversation and Small Talk As An Introvert
Making excellent conversation and small talk is important in every interaction. As an introvert, you’ll need to learn to do that.
Beat Shyness As An Introvert
Experiencing shyness as an introvert, if you want to socialize more than you already are, can be a tough endeavor. Thats what we’ll tackle here.
Socialize As An Ambivert
Socialize as an ambivert and you’ll be able to get many friends in due time. Read on to learn more about how to socialize as an ambivert.
How To Have A Social Life
Having a social life improves our daily endeavors greatly. It allows us to live outside of monotony and routine, and it adds excitement to our lives.
10 Signs That You’re an Ambivert
Do you want to clarify whether you’re an ambivert or not? This article will give you 10 signs to determine if you really are an ambivert.
Make Friends With Extroverts as an Introvert
It may seem odd to you to make friends with extroverts if you’re an introvert. In this article, I’ll tell you why and how you should do that.
Make Friends and Build A Social Life As An Introvert
You can make friends and build a social life without having to let go of your introverted nature. That’s exactly what you’ll learn to do here.
Improve Your Social Skills As An Introvert
You can improve your social skills as an introvert without having to go against your nature. This is what we’ll tackle in this article.
How To Make Friends As A Couple or When You’re Married
If you want to know how to make friends as a couple, or make friends as a married person, then this article is the perfect read for you.
How To Make Friends In College
It can be challenging to make friends in college especially early on, or if you had to move to a different city to go to university.
How To Be A Good Friend
It takes a proper mindset in order to be a good friend. Doing so will highly improve your social standing and your overall life quality.
How To Join A Group Of Friends
Forming your own group of friends is helpful, but you need to learn how to join a group of friends if you want to be more social.
Turn From Acquaintances To Friends
The act of turning acquaintances to friends is a challenging effort. But once you’re able to do it, it’s very fulfilling.
Importance of Friendship: 14 Reasons To Make Friends
The importance of friendship cannot and should not be understated and in this article, I’m going to list 16 reasons for that.
Making Friends After A Break-Up Or Divorce
Making friends after a breakup can be a challenge, but making friends may just be the very thing you’ll need to do after a painful event.
20 Ways To Loosen Up Around People
The ability to loosen up around people is useful in terms of socializing properly. Plus, it will make your daily life much more fun.
How To Be More Fun To Be Around
Sometimes, it can be hard to be fun all of a sudden after a long day of work. In this article, I’ll show you how you can be more fun…
11 Important Social Skills For Adults
In this article, I share with you a list of important social skills to get you started in your journey for better socializing. Study them, practice them so you can…
How To Be More Outgoing & Extroverted (When You Want To)
Sometimes, you need to be more outgoing and be extroverted if you want to step up your social game. This is your choice. You don’t have to be gregarious all…
How To Be Friendly And Approachable
If you want to make good friends, you have to be friendly and be approachable. A good friendship can do you so so much good. You can live a much…
How To Be More Interesting
You don’t need to have an amazing to be a more interesting person. If you become more interesting, it will make your social skills work more effectively. There’s just something…
How To Know If You’re Socially Inept & How To Stop It
What does it mean to be socially inept? Social ineptitude is generally associated with social awkwardness, but it’s much more than that. Let’s learn what socially inept means and how…
How To Socialize Effectively
Some people are natural at socializing, some don’t know how to socialize effectively at all. If you fall under the latter, this article is for you.
How To Improve Your Social Skills
This article is dedicated to helping you improve your social skills. Continue reading and you’ll find the tips and methods that will help. If you want to improve your outlook…
How To Avoid The Awkward Silence
Wouldn’t it be great to always know how to avoid the awkward silence? In this article, you’ll learn to avoid awkward and uncomfortable silences during conversation, as well as what…
Conversation Starters
In this article, we’d like to share with you some interesting conversation starters. You’ll also get some conversation starters for networking, casual ones, funny ones, as well as those which…
How To Make Small Talk
In this article, you’ll learn how to make small talk, how it works beneath the surface, how to get better at it, as well as small talk questions and examples.…
How To Be More Talkative
The ultimate goal in this article is to give you the choice to be more talkative when you want to. You can be a more talkative person, able to make…
How To Talk To People
In this article, let’s review how to talk to people, what makes you easy to talk to, and how to talk to anyone, anywhere. If you find it hard to…
Interesting Things to Talk About with Friends
If you’re looking for interesting things to talk about with friends, then this article is for you. You can use the lists below many times as you socialize with friends,…
Make Deep & Meaningful Conversations
If you’d like to have a deep conversation, or a meaningful one, you need to understand how they work. In this article, you’ll learn how to initiate and carry meaningful…
Master Group Conversations
As you probably know, group conversations are a big part of socializing. Let’s learn how to contribute in group conversations, avoiding being quiet in them, and how to get better…
6 Solutions To “I Don’t Know What To Say”
Have you ever wondered why you get stuck, thinking “I don’t know what to say!” All the while you see many people who always seem to know what say and…
9 Tips To Master The Art Of Conversation
Conversation is an essential social skill, but did you know that it can also be considered an art? The art of conversation is about going beyond good communication, and getting…
Conversation Skills & How To Improve Them
If you know how to improve conversation skills, you’ll do wonders for your social skills. In this article, we’ll go over some important conversation skills and how to improve them.
How To Have A Conversation
In this article, let’s explore how to have a conversation, make good conversation, and have some interesting times with new and existing friends.
Make Interesting Conversations & Avoid Boring Ones
In this article, let’s explore how to make interesting conversations, and what makes a conversation boring and how to avoid it.
Conversation Topics For Making Friends
If you’re often out of conversation topics to talk about with friends, then read the ideas below. We compiled a list of great conversation topics and questions, from the random…
How To Start A Conversation
To master social skills, you need to learn to start a conversation in important social situations. You can practice starting conversations with strangers, friends and friends of friends. The more…
How To Keep A Conversation Going
In this article, let’s explore how to keep a conversation going, why you run out of things to say, and questions to hold the conversation and keep it alive.
Jeff Callahan: Win Friends & Make Amazing First Impressions
This is a guest post by my friend, Jeff Callahan. Jeff is the founder of Become More Compelling, he coaches ambitious overthinkers, supercharging their people skills so that they can build more…
Social Skills That Make Or Break Your Social Life
In this article, I’d like to share with you 15 important social skills. These skills help you build a social life. In fact, they determine whether or not you get to…
Going Beyond Emotional Intelligence, Let’s Learn About Cultural Intelligence
In this article, I’m happy to interview my friend, Hassan Ghiassi, Founder of Aristotle’s Cafe. You probably heard about social and emotional intelligence. Here, we want to go further than that,…
Have no friends? Here Is Why & What To Do About It
Do you find yourself thinking, “I have no Friends Anymore!” While that can make you feel lonely and desperate, it can definitely be solved. First, you need to know why…
How To Get A Social Life During The Very Little Free Time You Have
A few months ago, I was interviewed by Kiara Moore on how to get a social life and make new friends as a busy professional. I wanted to share with…
What Is Friendship and What Is A Friend
In this article, I’d like to answer the questions like “what is friendship?”, “what is a friend?”. If you understand the meaning of friendship, you’re better off in making friends.…
Interview with Sanchita Saha, Founder of Making Friends App, CitySocializer
Recently, I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Sanchita Saha, founder of the Friendship App, CitySocializer. Citysocializer helps people connect IRL (in real life) with other locals and newcomers to a…
“I Don’t Like People” Feeling – What To Do About It
Have you ever got that feeling of “I don’t like people anymore!”? I sure have. It’s when you feel that you’re just fed up with the way people act, the…
The Importance Of Friendship: What Hunter-Gatherer Communities Can Tell Us
Welcome to edition #28 of our news series, where we share with you the latest resources we’ve found on social skills, making friends, and more. In this edition, we’ll look at research…
Emotional & Social Intelligence In Business & Life
In this edition, we’ll learn how emotional intelligence is just as important in business as having a high IQ, and find out what one trait will make you a truly…
6 Ways You Can Develop Personality, Make It Attractive, Strong, & Interesting
In this article, let’s talk about how to build, improve, and develop personality. We all want to have an attractive, interesting, and strong personality that makes others see us at…
How To Make Friends In 2020
If you’re out of friends with whom you can go out, or if you want to “upgrade” your social circle, or if you want to have the sorts of friends…
Finding Platonic Friends Online and How the Love Hormone Helps You Make Friends
In this addition, we’ll find out what women on Craigslist are REALLY looking for, and dive into new information that the “love” hormone may also be key to social interaction.
Loneliness Is Like Physical Pain and How Social Media Is Making Us Lonely
Find out if heartbreak and hurt feelings are as impactful as physical pain and how smartphones and social media may be negatively affecting our children.
Technology Cannot Replace Social Skills and Making Friends At Work
Technology can replace many jobs, but not those that social skills. In this article, we also talk about making friends at work, and why it’s so valuable to workplace happiness.
Mastering Small Talk and Making Friends as an Adult
In this edition, we’ll discuss a simple strategy for mastering small talk and show you that making friends as an adult doesn’t have to be complicated.
Workplace Exhaustion, Loneliness and Obesity – Are They Connected?
Here we’ll discuss the correlation between feeling lonely and work exhaustion and reveal how loneliness is becoming a greater health threat than we realize.
Why Introverts Don’t Really Hate Socializing and Making Friends As An Adult, Even When You’re Scared
In this edition, we’ll shatter the myth that introverts hate socializing and discusses how making friends as an adult is scary but why you do it anyway.
Loneliness Is A Growing Epidemic… Here’s How To Overcome It
Loneliness is a growing epidemic. In this article, we explore how to deal with loneliness so you can meet people and make friends. Let’s all stop being alone, shall we?
Making Friends When You Travel and the Best Snob-Free Cities Abroad
In this edition, we’ll flip our usual positive outlook and find out how hating things can win you friends! We’ll also discover which cities are the least snobby, therefore the…
Why It’s Harder to Make Friends than to Date and Getting People to Open Up About Anything
Learn social skills, how to make friends, and more. In this edition, we’ll discover how much harder it is to make friends as an adult than to find dates, and…
How Smartphones Affect Our Social Skills and What Can Happen When You Put Them Down
Discover how smartphones are affecting our social skills and how you can make lasting relationships by putting your phone down.
We3, the New App For Meeting Friends Who Have Similar Values and Lifestyles
App makers are doing anything they can to focus on connecting people who aren’t friends yet. We know that the biggest apps out there aren’t doing it, as facebook (and others)…
10 Simple Steps to Making and Keeping Friends and Tech-Savvy Millennials Learn to Socialize in Real Life
In this edition of Social Skills and Friendship News, we’ll learn about 10 simple steps to making and keeping friends, and explore how etiquette classes are helping tech-savvy Millennials socialize…
This Woman Tried A Radical Way to Meet New People
In this edition, we discover a woman who met as many people as she could in a unique way… by using services in the sharing economy.
Icebreakers, Talking to Strangers and Small Talk
In this edition, we’ll teach you some conversation icebreakers that actually work, tell you why you should actually break the social norm and talk to strangers, and find out how…
Women-Men Friendship and Emotional Intelligence Used As Manipulation
In this article, we explore the subject of cross-gender friendships, and how emotional intelligence can lead to manipulation. This is a series of article which explore all aspects of friendship,…
Even Artists Struggle with Friendship and Sciency Gimmicks to Make Friends Faster
This “News edition” issue talks about how even artists and other creative types struggle with making friends and also delves into some science-backed lessons on how to make friends faster.
Bad Friendship Habits, How Facebook Impacts Your Health and New Sweaty Societies
This “News edition” issue talks about some surprising habits that might be making you a bad friend, how Facebook friendships impact your health, and show you how fitness and happy…
Motherhood Can Be Lonely, New Apps for Meeting Friends, and Facebook Events to the Rescue
This “News edition” issue talks about how motherhood (or any life changes) can be lonely, introduces you to some great new apps for meeting friends, and show you how Facebook…
How to Talk to Strangers, Airbnb’s New Experiences, and Acquaintances To Friends?
This “News edition” issue features an experiment on how to talk to strangers, on London subways, called Tube Chat, introduces you to Airbnb’s new tours and experiences, and teaches you…
Tinder For Friends, Your Immune System, And Making Friends At Work!
Social Skills and Making Friends News – Edition #2 We’re excited to bring you edition #2 of our new series, where we share with you the latest resources we’ve found on…
Let’s Ditch The Excuses… (And Start Socializing)
As more and more people read my eBook, Get The Friends You Want, or get coached by me or someone in my team, we typically receive many questions. Some, however, are more like…
Social Skills, Loneliness, and Selfies
Social Skills and Making Friends News – Edition #1 My team and I have decided to start an exciting new series, where we share with you the latest resources we’ve…
Is Dale Carnegie’s “How To Win Friends And Influence People” Still Relevant?
Many people looking for ways to make friends end up reading Dale Carnegie’s book “How To Win Friends and Influence People.” While the book is a classic and should be read…
Ending Friendships And Building New Ones
As a human being, you are constantly evolving in your personal life. At times, you may even start ending friendships to build new ones.
How To Screw Up A Friendship
If you found a great friend or a group of friends, you would be so happy about it that you’d think “We’re tight!” You may think that if the friendship…
7 Loneliness Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About
While we all know that “loneliness is bad,” there is actually more to it. Often people tend to confuse it with depression, which is really a different beast. Let’s shed…
Improve Your Social Skills With These 3 Pro-Tips
You probably know that there are actually cool people you’d actually want to get to know and befriend. So let’s polish up those social skills, let’s learn three tips to…
What To Do If You Don’t Want To Go Out Alone And Talk To Strangers
If you’ve been in a place where you’re not satisfied with your social life, then you know that sometimes, contacting the people already in your circle isn’t enough. You realize…
Turn Casual Conversations Into Friendships
If you find yourself in many friendly conversations, but can’t seem to get to the next step and create a friendship, then this article is for you. A key to turning…
Bumble and Tinder For Friends… Good News, I Guess!
Looks like we have some good news here when it comes to more solutions to making new friends. There are more and more people in the app making space who…
Quick Note: Why Many People Despise Facebook’s #FriendsDay
You’ve heard of Facebook’s #FriendsDay. I wanted to share with you a quick note about why I think many people despise or even hate it.
Take Action On Your 2016 Friendship Goals
Today, I want to share with you a 4-point checklist to make sure your 2016 friendship and social life goals become a reality. Let’s focus on action and speed: how…
When What You Don’t Say Is Just As Important
In this article, Paul answers two questions about Social Skills, Conversation, and Meeting People In a Party or Event.
5 Reasons Why It’s Hard To Make Friends These Days
In this article, I’ll share with you 5 reasons why it’s hard to make friends these days, and what you can do about in order to have the social life…
New Study Reveals How Hard It Is To Make Friends Today
A few weeks ago, I received results of a new study about how hard it is to make friends in America. I was saddened by the results, even if I…
How To Make Friends At Work
People ask me how to go out with a co-worker and make friends at work. The same rules of friendships are applied, with a few minor changes.
How Group-Messaging Helps You Build A Social Circle
Group-messaging can help you tremendously build a new social circle, or just maage your existing social circles. It helps you make plans, and develop friendships with much less time and…
Make Friends During Summer Without Solo Travel
This article is about how to make friends during summer. Summer can be harsh if you want to go socialize and meet people, but you have no friends to go…
15 More Apps For Making Friends
If you’re looking for apps for making friends or apps and websites that are kind of like Tinder for friendship, then this article is for you.
An Unusual (and inspiring) Way To Meet New Friends
In this post, I wanted to share with you an inspiring story a reader shared with me. This is a young woman from Ireland who had tried something unusual in…
How To Keep And Maintain Friendships
There’s a clear difference between knowing how to make friends and knowing how to keep and maintain friendships for a long time.
How To Make Friends – A 12 Step Guide
This 12 part guide will show you everything you want to know on How To Make Friends. It start with the basic concept of friendship, all the way to the…
“I Need A Friend” Moment: What To Do About It
When you start thinking “I need a friend,” it’s an important moment in your social life. It’s a sign that you don’t have a friend that you can talk to…
How To Start A Conversation To Make Friends (6 Steps)
This article helps you on how to start a conversation and make friends when you meet new people. It will help you break the ice, carry a conversation, and get…
Podcast: Make Awesome Friends
In part 2 of my podcast discussion with Rachel Rofé, we talked about how to make friends with people you just met. We focused on how you can turn a…
Podcast: Start Conversations And Get Good At Small Talk
In an episode of Rachel Rofé‘s podcast, we discussed various aspects of making conversation. We focused on the first time you meet someone, and why it’s important to get good…
Social Skills Training For Adults
What would you consider a great social skills training for adults? In this article, I share my vision as I was making the advanced social skills training.
Does Individualism Make You Lonely?
As a society, I think we cherish individualism and heroism too much; and it’s making us lonely. As I say in my book, it’s in our culture.
How To Make Friends As An Adult (or After College)
When young, we had the time to socialize. As an adult, you need to leverage the little time you have to build a social life and make friends as an…
Make It Easy For Others To Be Friends With You, It Sure Helps
Last week, I went on a 4-day trip with a few friends. We visited two cities and drove quite a bit. I happen to like organizing trips and preparing fun…
5 Mobile Apps To Help You Find New Friends
To keep your social life alive, you need to be actively looking for new people. To make it easier for yourself, a few mobile apps can help. The ones I’m…
If you think you’re weird… well, that’s great!
Today, I wanted to share with you what I think is a problem for many people. They worry that they seem too different from others, and thus not get accepted…
How To Make Friends In A New City
If you want to make friends in a new city, don’t expect it to be easy and perfect. Instead, expect it to be a learning experience, and get curious about…
What Popular People Think Of You
If you’re shy, or socially inhibited, you may find yourself often wondering what other people think of you. Actually, you have no way of really knowing what these people think…
How To Make Friends As An Introvert
Making friends as an introvert can be harder for you because your natural instinct pushes you away from socializing with others.
How to Build A Social Circle From Scratch
Do you sometimes wonder how you can “start over” in your social life, and build or join a great circle of friends? Do you want to do something about it?
Secrets of Meeting New Friends
Did you know that the skill of meeting new people is CRITICAL when it comes to having good friends, and avoiding loneliness? In fact, it is the skill that makes…
Why We Run Out Of Things To Say
In this article, we’re going to deal with possibly the BIGGEST problem that you may run into when meeting new people and trying to make friends. In fact, it’s so…
How To Be “Cool” and Make More Friends
Have you ever struggled to get answers to questions like: “Why are some people always looked at as “cool”, while others aren’t?” “Is being “cool” something that can be learned…
Lonely? It’s Not Your Fault, Here Is Why
Is Loneliness Your Legacy? Research of 15+ years proved you inherit your loneliness in three ways. If you acknowledge how this works, you can tweak it in a way to…
How To Overcome Shyness
Overcome shyness and your social life will improve greatly. For you to stop being shy, you need to learn what shyness is.
How To Deal With Loneliness
No matter how successful and smart you are, loneliness makes you think you don’t deserve to be around people. It makes you think you’ll always get rejected by people. That’s…
[Infographic] The Loneliness Trap
Lonely people STAY lonely because they get “fooled” by their emotions. Their emotions tell them that they should go home and hide. That’s the worst thing they can do. I…
Is There A Good Side To Loneliness? Can Feeling Lonely Be A Good Thing?
Could there be a Good Side to the Feeling of Loneliness? Is there a biological “reason” why we feel pain when we’re not connecting with people? Well, according to recent…
Why Would You Learn To Make Friends?
Even the popular guys are in trouble. I hear story after story of people who had a wonderful social life… until they left college, or until they moved to a…
Why Friends Don’t Call and What To Do About It
It boils down to a simple choice : whether you are Individual-Focused, or Group-Focused. This is what I call having “Group Edge”. Basically, you should build or join cliques or…
[Infographic] 3 Steps to Make a New Friendship Stick
When you’re good friends with someone, you don’t have to think about what you’re getting from vs. what you’re contributing to the other person. But, when you want to form…
[Story] Very Disappointing Friends… You’ll Meet Them
I wanna share with you a story that happened to me recently. I was at a friend’s house. I knew him from around two years. He lived in a different…
Friendships that Won’t Let You Fail in Life
I first came across this concept by reading a great book by Keith Ferrazzi, “Who’s Got your back”. Keith calls them “life-line relationships”. It’s the type of relationship you have…
What To Give and What To Get From A New Friend
One great way to know if a friendship is going in the right direction is to notice how much energy each person is investing. Energy can mean how much each…
How To Never Have A Boring Conversation Again? (Without Faking Anything)
If you come across as someone interesting, people will be stopped in their boring ride and get fixated on you. In order to be interesting, there are some things you…
Where To Meet New Friends : 25 Places And Ideas
To get the most out of this article, pick just five ideas that you’re most excited about. Try them for three weeks and see what worked for you the most.…
How To Make Friends : A Critical Step That Makes A HUGE Difference In Your Social Life
Most guys take too long to work up the courage and admit to themselves that they need more friends. They have that BIG fear of admitting it to anyone, so…
How to be funny and get that Charming WIT
I’m no comedy writer, but I know how a young man can develop all the charming humor he could ever need. Heck, I did it myself. It boils down to…
Do you need to be Rich to build a social circle?
Skip to the “back in business” section of the article to get straight to the ideas, that will help you spend the LEAST amount of money and Build your Social…
Get back to making friends as easy as when you were a kid
Most people wonder why it was so easy for us as children to make friends vs. when we grow up. When you were a kid, you could easily pick up…
3 Free Tech-Tools to boost your Social Life
In this article, I’m gonna lay down Three FREE-Technology Tips to arm yourself with when you’re building your social circle.At the end of this article you will be able to……