Dear Friend,
Have you ever been excluded from a social circle, and suspected that it might have something to do with your social skills?
If you, like me, have been there, then maybe you’ll answer “yes” to one or more of the questions below…
If you have been there… then you know how I felt…
But wait, there’s more…
I sure have been there, I spent many, many, years in lonely-town. The point is this… being lonely and friendless is MADDENING. It feels UNFAIR. It feels so bad that it can make you feel physically sick to your stomach!
As I was growing up, I felt that I will probably “die in my own arms.” Seriously, it wasn’t funny. I was socially awkward, shy, and nervous around others, and felt that I’ll always be outside… “the club” – I didn’t know what to do or where to start.
I was a geek before it was cool, and I was an introvert before anybody around me knew that word existed… let alone understand it or understand me!
Low and behold, I had to do something about it. So, sure I read “How to make friends and influence people.” That was nice advice from the ’30s… but it was vague! I looked online, and all I found was advice from people who were born social who were talking about how “you should smile and be agreeable,” or I found quick hashed articles written by people who couldn’t care less.
It was hit and miss, it barely worked, and it sure didn’t make me any decent friends!
Then I started meeting a few interesting people… interesting because they were travelers. They were expatriates. They travel a lot and see the world.
What made them even more interesting to me was that they could come into town, and create a new social circle, in a matter of a month! Many times, it took them just a couple of weeks to create a whole new social circle.
I started applying what I saw them do. I learned how they got interested in others, how they got others interested in them, how they made the conversation flow naturally, how they twisted conversations from the serious to the funny, and from the funny to the interesting and exciting, I saw them create new friendships from scratch, making friendships mean something, and manage a whole new social life without breaking a sweat.
I did the same, I started getting results, I started making friends, joining existing groups of friends, and creating new ones.
I was finally happily social, I was finally there… then it was taken away from me.
As soon as I had too much work, as soon as I stopped “working” on my social life, it stopped working… it was as if it was on life support, the moment I stopped investing huge amounts of time building friendships and staying in touch… my social life died off.
It just took too much work to maintain!
Then I went back, asked my expat friends for help,… then they explained what the next level really looked like. They said things like:
The trouble is, their advice was all over the place. I could apply some of it, but what really made a difference was seeing them socialize in the real world. That’s where the golden lessons were.
I started studying social skills, friendship, and social life, like a scientist… maybe like a National Geographic photographer, patiently observing the highly socially skilled human in her natural habitat: dinners, receptions, bars, barbecues, events, as well as just pizza and beers at home or just talking to friends around coffee!
It was a great ride. I started getting the real lessons and taking lots of notes in my journal. And now the results were consistent. My social skills became reliable.
In the past, my social skills used to only work when the situation was perfect: I was I a perfect mood, I was with the right people, the music was good, the context and the location were good… but truly having social skills means that you have them everywhere and anywhere.
Whenever I wanted or needed to be social, I could be. Whenever I want to make nice, or I wanted to create a friendship, I just do it. No matter what the situation is, my social skills became reliable.
Long story short, I went on to start teaching this stuff to my friends, they started getting consistent results, themselves. I started teaching, coaching, and writing about it, then hundreds, thousands, then tens of thousands of people benefited from my days of socializing struggle. I couldn’t be more grateful.
The thing… you can, too. I believe in you! And your life is too important to have just the work and responsibilities in it. You deserve to have a little fun and enjoy yourself. You deserve to have those types of friends that can make you feel like a happy kid again. I’m talking about those friends who believe in you and like you for who you are.
“ Hi Paul! I had a great dinner yesterday and wanted to share… I was meeting with my boyfriend’s new colleagues and their spouses and was nervous about it at first (they are very successful and well-traveled, and he was so happy to be out with them, he definitely wants them to become friends of ours, especially the couples). I didn’t want to do or say anything stupid – or just be quiet and alienate them… and blow it.
But I remembered what you said about “Blending In” last time we spoke… I focused on smiling, being happy I’m there, enjoying the food,… and just being glad I’m there in general.
I then started looking and listening! I avoided getting in my head by FOCUSING on others; focusing on what they say; focusing on who they are… and asking questions and being interested.
I’m glad I did because that made everyone around me open up more, share more stories, and share more laughs. Even the guy my boyfriend respects the most – and who looked most smug at first, opened up and he turned out to be a very nice guy – not pretentious at all! It was just in my head!
Anyway, I also focused on finding things in common, and every time I did… I mentioned them ! it was so easy! Simple things, simple words, it made all the difference!
Thank you so much! We had a great time and can’t wait to see them again… in any case, we’re all supposed to go barbecue at one couple’s house in a week or two… It’s to be confirmed, but I already sense that this is going well. My boyfriend had an amazing night as well, and I could see that he was proud of me – he sometimes worries about my social insecurities, and tries to help – but last I didn’t need any help. 😉
I never imagined I could be inside a group of people like that, with all their experience, success and quick-wittedness… I was having a good time, it’s like I was one of them! As if I never had any problems and as if I always had impeccable social skills. Thanks again! […] ”
As I said, the techniques are the same… they can work anywhere… they’re the shortest distance between you and the social circles and friends you’d like to have in your life. As they worked for me, for others, they can work for you.
The key is to make your social skills reliable. Get the right method, the right principles, and techniques, and then apply them… and make them part of your habits.
Each time you meet new people you’re interested in… you apply the methods automatically, without even thinking about it… and have a great time while meeting new people and making friends.
YES! It will no longer feel like work, you’ll actually be enjoying yourself!
Did you know that most of the social experiences & friendships you miss out on… are due to the fact that you don’t even show up? Sounds simple – it’s true.
Why wouldn’t you show up? You start thinking about what’s gonna happen once you show up to socialize…
The thing is… by thinking like that, you’re making that particular event or social gathering opportunity, into a monster. Into something so big you have to prepare for… like climbing a mountain. In simple terms, you’re making a big deal out of ONE SOCIAL EXPERIENCE.
It doesn’t matter that much.
Do this instead: Next time you’re about to go out to socialize… and start to feel that nervousness and wonder whether you should go… tell yourself this: “What’s the worst that can happen? I’m gonna go, I’ll have one drink, and try to enjoy myself for 30 minutes and then leave – I’m busy tomorrow anyway.”
People leave early from social gatherings all the time – it’s completely normal. But when you lower the expectation and know that one evening or one dinner or drink… has no major influence on your life… it’s no big deal… your attitude changes.
You realize that you’re going to be fine. You won’t see that social gathering a “major event” or that it’s a big deal… worst-case scenario: enjoy yourself for half an hour to an hour and then leave. That will make you feel much more confident and in control. At what will you gain from it? Well, congrats! You’re at least heating the engine of your socializing! You’ll be much more ready and relaxed next time. Well done!
Never expect too much from ONE dinner, or ONE social gathering, or ONE event…
Let’s say you’re talking to a group of potential friends… if you’re afraid you’re not gonna be able to keep up with a group convo – afraid you’re going to be out of sync, or not say anything relevant, or afraid you’ll get interrupted just as you speak or break the vibe by not talking at the right time… look up! Look at them… each time someone starts talking, look at them. No seriously, look up.
Don’t look down, don’t let your eyes wander around… look up… look at the person who’s talking.
When you do that, you always know who’s finished talking, who’s about to talk, who’s about to say something funny, and who’s about to tell a story. This activates your natural wit. You pick up on where the convo is going, you’re able to participate, contribute your opinions, stuff you heard about, or tell your stories… and each time you’ll be in-sync, on-point, and in the vibe.
Just because you look up, and pay attention to who’s talking… instead of looking down. If you let your mind wander around, and look down while you think of something to say, then that’s likely to fail. When you finally think of something to say, they’ll already be about something else.
Again, just by looking up, you’ll have a whole different social experience: people will feel more connected to you, which makes them more likely to become your friends.
Small but important details make all the difference.
Before you can be “close friends” you need to be “casual friends” first… but it can take some time to create a few casual friends, have fun and socialize with them… until you find those great friends you’ll want to keep for years.
So how do you do it faster?
Well, the reason it may take you time is that you’re focusing on building one casual friendship at a time.
You spend time contacting them, scheduling, meeting up, etc… and you do it with each and every potential friend.
You need to focus on groups!
Create groups instead, and hang out with people in the context of groups. Even if they’re just groups of three, it’s still much better and faster.
Plus, it’s way harder to get someone to hang out with you alone (when they don’t know you that much, and there’s that doubt about – will we get along? Will have things to say?… yes! They’re asking themselves that, too! They’re wondering if they’ll be comfortable with someone they barely know).
When you invite people to group outings, it’s more efficient… and easier: less pressure on each person to make conversation and be interesting.
Again,… focus on groups, hang out in groups – especially when you’re just getting know people.
It’s all about small details and small tweaks that change your social life. The key is to make it easier for you to actually socialize… the easier it is to do… the more often you’ll socialize, and the more friends, and more fun you’ll have.
I had my doubts in the past, I truly thought this is next to impossible, and I’ll always be lonely. I thought it’s just destiny: some people are social and others are not! Well, I’m lucky I found out that that was all in my head.
Later on, I found that according to social-neuroscientists, loneliness makes you think that way. It makes you think anybody you try and befriend will reject you. It makes you think that you’re in danger of being rejected and humiliated all the time. So you keep to yourself and stay in that cycle.
You have to trust yourself that you can do this and that you can get out of loneliness – even if part of you still has doubts.
I always thought that some people got in the clubs, and some didn’t. And that’s that.
Until I started learning, and applying social skills, and then condensing them into simple, easy-to-apply concepts, that feel natural.
Then I started getting results like these…
I helped one of my very wealthy friends a few years back… he swore he’ll never trust any friends, ever again. He got taken advantage of, he’s been betrayed by lifelong friends, and then said “that’s it! I’m done giving people the benefit of the doubt! You just can’t trust anybody!”
I taught him how he can’t just go from trusting too fast, to not trusting at all. I taught him how trust should be earned, and that he had to take it one step at a time. Trust is not an on/off button, it’s like a volume button. The more the person proves their trustworthiness, the more you can trust them.
That lesson alone was enough to put him back on track, networking, making friends, and being happily social again. He was careful, he didn’t get taken advantage of by friends anymore, but still, he was very open and able to socialize.
I went on to help others but I was shocked at the results…
A few years ago, I thought “sure these social skills are all from real-world experience – I wonder if there is any science behind this. Well, there was. I read through so many stats, hypotheses, and findings that I was blown away… I geeked out on how friendship actually works…
Then, it was time to condense all that knowledge and experience, in one training…
In this program, I wanted to do something special. See, when building your social life, and building friendships, you go through important steps. These are important moments in your social life.
Each step requires a social skill.
If you have the social skill, you go through the step and get to the next one.
If you don’t have the skill, you don’t go through it and have to go back all the way to the start.
This is why I wanted to give you the social skills for these important moments. To go from getting out of the house, all the way to managing a thriving social life. You’ll have the “keys” to the “doors” separating you from starting from scratch all the way to having exactly the types of friends and type of social life you want.
First, I condensed all my best techniques and methods, into written notes. Then I rewrote them many times over to sharpen them. I wanted to condense the best techniques and the shortest… shortcuts.
I took these notes that I spent hundreds of hours putting together and assembled them into modules. 15 modules, in three parts (3 major categories of socializing).
Then I took all those written modules and decided to put them on video. I spent many hours (I stopped counting at that point, probably hundreds of hours again)… I spent that time recording, and re-recording myself teaching those concepts.
My assistant Debi and I had to learn how to edit video semi-professionally, and cut, and paste, and edit, and add visuals, and quotes… it was a crazy ride.
I then sent the whole thing to a professional who charges thousands per hour to edit video, so he can put the final touches.
The program was ready! We then prepared the exercises, the transcripts, and the manuals. We then uploaded the whole thing to the cloud, so you can access it 24/7 from whenever you want.
It was a hell of a ride! I had to put myself out there. I’m not a public speaker. This is the first time I do a video program. And it’s the first time anybody took this area of life this seriously. It’s time for us all to take seriously enough and invest enough time learning it because it’s worth it. Big time.
So here is what you get…
You could go through the whole thing in a week if you want. I recommend you go through it multiple times. Apply, learn again, listen or watch again, then go apply the concepts again. You should go back and forth.
If you do that, your social life will change faster than you can imagine.
If you already have friends, you’ll get to the next level. If you want to access better quality people, people who are more successful, people who are wiser, smarter, or just plain more interesting and fun, then this will help you do that.
Get Ready… it’s a long list!
Just in the Introduction Module, you’ll learn…
The first steps in building your social life are kind of “make or break.” if you make any mistake with people you’re just getting to know, there is pretty much no recovering – you have to go out meet new ones.
If you make a mistake with an actual friend, you can recover from it. But with entirely new people, any mistake can make the situation awkward enough to destroy any chances of friendship.
This is why this part is longer than the others. The objective is to make sure that these critical steps are as smooth and successful as possible.
So this part is about going from meeting someone for the first time… all the way to exchanging contact information with a clear idea that you “should definitely hang out soon.”
You’ll be able to access the program within minutes of purchasing.
30 full days of unlimited access to watch the program, try my tools & see the results.
Not 100% thrilled? Let me know and I’ll give you a full refund.
This part is about what to do after you go home, with multiple numbers and social media of potential friends. The aim here is to make the whole process from maybe becoming friends to actual friends, as smooth as possible.
Most of socializing happens within groups,… sometimes just groups of three friends, sometimes many more. In this part, I show you how to never be intimidated by groups again, and how to have fun within them instead.
If you already have a large enough social circle, full of very inspiring, very successful and happy people, then this might not be for you.
If you already have enough close friends who support you, help you, root for you, and understand who you really are, your problems and dreams, then again, this might not be for you.
If you think you’ve maxed out and you’re already hanging out with the best people you could ever imagine having as friends, then this is not the program for you.
If your conversations are always putting people at ease and make them want to be friends with you on the spot. If everyone who gets your contact info actually follows up and starts to invite you to their parties, then you might not need this program.
On the other hand, if any of the following applies to you, then this program is what you need right now:
If any of these apply to you, then investing in this training is probably the most valuable thing you can do right now.
I don’t need to tell you whether or not you need the information that is in this program. If you need it, you already know it.
There is a very good chance that this program contains THE KEY you need to have the success in friendship and social life. And I want you to have it…
This program is designed like a roadmap. It starts from “being at home, and just dreaming about having a great social life…” all the way to “actually having friends, and easily managing a thriving social life.” It’s a step-by-step process to getting there.
I want to help you get this part of your life handled, and I don’t want ANYTHING to stand in your way… including your financial situation. So I’ve decided to offer it as a payment plan… And this payment plan comes with money-back Guarantee…
You’ll be able to access the program within minutes of purchasing.
30 full days of unlimited access to watch the program, try my tools & see the results.
Not 100% thrilled? Let me know and I’ll give you a full refund.
– Paul Sanders