Few Social Skills To Win Friends
April 4, 2009
I am extremely reserved and a bit of a loner, so it is a nightmare when I have to meet people for the first time. I often find myself with nothing to say, standing awkwardly in a corner and sometimes saying the stupidest things.
But it is liberating to know that we can always improve on our social skills. It is good to have good and useful to have social skills. Humans are born to socialise, we are not meant to be alone. If we don’t socialise we can easily get depressed and lonely. Good social skills will help you get good friends, land the job you want and progress in your career and relationships.
Here are some social skills that will help you meet and make friends with ease.
1) Try to relax. If you are too nervous your brain will not function well and it will be difficult to converse with others.
2) Practise and develop good listening skills. As you listen to the other speak, make sure the other person knows that you are listening. You can do that by asking questions back or by having good eye-contact.
3) If you are self-conscious then it can be easily corrected by focusing strongly on the other person. If you focus on the other person then you will not be occupied on yourself and it will make you feel more comfortable.
4) Try to build rapport during the conversation by feeding back what you have heard so that the other person will know that you have understood him. Also put on the right body posture to show that you are interested in what he is saying.
5) The right amount, time and ways of ’self disclosure’ are essential for socialising. Don’t focus the conversation on yourself or by yourself, this can easily turn off the other person. Begin by talking non-personal topics or exchanging personal views. But progress to more personal topics later, but don’t delve on too personal ones. Stay on topics that will help you know the other person better.
6) Appropriate eye contact is a must. Don’t look here and there. Let the person know that you are interested in what you are saying. But don’t stare at the person; you might scare him off.
7) And last but not the least – don’t forget to smile.
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