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Friendship
By: Phil Dawson
We all have friends and we enjoy their company, well at least most of our friends. How did these friendships come about? Was it a chance meeting or whilst you were doing something you enjoy; a hobby or at a party maybe a wedding or some other function.
Suffice it to say there was a time when you did not know your friends although you may have seen them from a distance, maybe a riotous crowd on a night out or walking past them at college or school or in the mall. You may have passed judgement on them for better or worse even though you did not know them; you did not know, then, you would get to know them. And now?
We can laugh at the thoughts we had before we knew our friends, even if we had never seen them before, that is to say we have our standards and some people just don’t meet them. That is until you finally meet and get to know them. When you do you will find that there is much to explore.
Is there any truth in what is written above? If there is we should start looking at friendship differently, unless we have a limited capacity for friendship.
Friendship, is not necessarily ‘knowing’ someone it is not even ‘having’ to know someone. Friendship is about how much confidence you have in yourself.
Have you ever noticed how those who are very confident have many friends? Part of being confident is being approachable, attracting others that are of a similar mind.
Sometimes friends are just nice people, people you greet in the morning: The ones that take the trouble to return your greeting.
Remember you don’t know your NEW friends YET, in just the same way at one time you didn’t know your current circle of friends.
Treat everyone in a friendly manner, wear a slightly obnoxious grin and notice the response from all around you. Their smile will make you feel good, in turn your smile will become infectious and before long people will want to get to know this happy individual. YOU!
More friendship will surely follow.
Better Friendship For Success
By: CD Mohatta
How to make better friendships for a successful life?
Success in life depends on many factors. Relationship is one of them. Do successful people have better friendships? Is their any relation between art of making friends and success? How to make friends who remain for a lifetime?
What is success?
Everyone of us has his/her own definition of success. An artist feels successful after creating a beautiful painting and a business person feels successful if the business makes profits. Each of us has his/her own parameters that decide success in our life. How do our friendships affect our success?
Happiness and success?
A successful person is essentially a happy person. Happiness means - to feel satisfied with life in most of the ways and to maintain a state of mind that is contented. Our friendships are part of our life. If we want to succeed, we will also have an art of making good friends and keep friendships strong through-out our life.
Maintaining friendships. How?
How to maintain friendships that last? The art is in giving rather than expecting. Share your friends' worries, concerns and happiness. Join them on all occasions that are important to them. Congratulate them at every success, express empathy at every loss and share joy at every success or any enjoyable occasion.
The role of Internet in keeping contacts:
In the earlier times, when the internet was not there, talking on telephones, sending letters and meeting personally were the preferred methods of keeping in touch. After the advent of Internet, emailing and chat are slowly replacing these earlier ways.
How to make more impact?
Would you prefer to send a one line congratulations mail to your friends on their birthdays, their anniversary, their promotion and all such other occasion when they are feeling special? What if you search the net and select an ecard or greeting card and send it? Does it make a difference? It surely does. It tells your friend that you took some effort in sending a message. Stop sending plain emails and start sending ecards to connect with your friends on days and occassion that are special. You will find the differenece in quality of relationship very soon.
Try it.
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