Take a social risk, talk to more people at parties
30sleeps.com has a great article about finding the courage to talk to more people. They call it ’social skydiving’ and it begins with something as simple as saying “hi” to a person you don’t know. I really enjoyed this article and I hope you will too.
From the article:
Nothing has changed my world view, and my life, more than taking the risk of saying “Hi” to people I don’t know on a regular basis. Whether I’m walking down a busy shopping street, longboarding in the park, or out at a nightclub, I see every moment that I’m out in the world as a chance to meet new people.
I encourage you to try out the discussed techniques at the next party you go to. The article describes how you will inevitably face at least some rejection and you just have to accept that. Still, what better place to get rejected than a dimly lit party where most of the party-goers are drunk?
Check out their article, Social Skydiving: The Art of Talking to Strangers
August 19th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
This a great blog of some very helpful advice for those in college. I found out the hard way how to make college an even more fun experience. Hopefully others take the time to read your insight.
August 19th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Thanks for the comment, grad you liked the blog.
August 22nd, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I just wrote a post on a similar post on my blog, tipsfromacollegestudent.blogspot.com. I think that meeting people in college is one of the biggest obstacles that a lot of freshman, and even to some extent upperclassman, have to face. But the key is to not worry about rejection but just go out and talk to people! Most people you talk to aren’t even bold enough to reject you! If you are confident the chances of rejection are very slim.