Six Tips to Get People to Like You
My name is Joshua Garcia and, the first thing you should know about me is… I am not a professional blogger.
I’m not an expert in writing either. I’m in college, but I don’t have a degree in anything yet. In fact, the only thing I consider myself to be an “expert” about is…
I Think I Know How Almost Any Person in College Can Make Friends In a Very Easy Way!
I know this because, I do it all the time.
Not only that, but what I do is adopted from Dale Carnegie’s timeless book, How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Are you interested in making friends?
Here’s the thing…
First, you have to become genuinely interested in other people.
It doesn’t matter if you’re the football team star quarterback, the class president, or the shy bookworm — the first step in making friends is becoming interested in people themselves.
Once you have that step down, it opens up the door of friendship. Now it’s up to you to decide whether you want to step in and make friends, or pass by it to the next door.
The best way to show you’re genuinely interested in other people is to…
Just smile
It’s hard to make friends when you’re serious and just looking like a straight-up party pooper.
Loosen up.
Relax a bit.
Take a few deep breaths.
And smile to everybody you’re talking to.
It shows that you’re happy during the conversation, and it displays sincere appreciation.
For quick 1–2 punch on getting people to like you, you should smile when you…
Say their name
Everybody answers to the name they have.
And well, if you call them by something they’re not accustomed to, chances are they won’t bother to respond.
So the best thing to do in this case is just take the time to ask for their name, introduce yourself, and make sure to sprinkle their name in a few times during the conversation.
This show that you remember the name, so you don’t have to ask for it later again and risk coming off as disrespectful or forgetful.
And it also shows that you care about getting to know the person, because not a lot of people take the time to remember.
These people who can’t remember other people’s names. Well, they don’t have what it takes to…
Be a great listener
Once you stop talking about yourself and everything you have accomplished, and step back to hear people out on what they have to say, people will love talking to you.
They’ll compliment you on your conversational skills. They’ll talk about how much of a pleasure it was talking to you.
But the truth is, they were carrying the conversations. You were simply encouraging them to talk more.
But if you’re struggling about what to ask them about then…
Talk in terms of their interests
Every person has something that they’re interested in.
It could be anything from their favorite basketball team, to makeup palettes, taking over the world, or world peace.
Whatever it is, make it your job to find out why that person is so interested in it.
And from there, you encourage them to talk about it, because this is how you can…
Make them feel important
If you’re able to make a person feel important, then they’re guaranteed to keep in touch with you.
When they’re feeling down, they know that they can count on you to talk to.
This is a skill that few people possess, but once you master it, the world is quite literally in your hands.
If you follow these 6 principles on how to make people like you, then you’ll be sure to make new friends with whoever you talk to.