3 simple ways to talk to a stranger

It’s really, really simple.

Meeting new people and making new friends in life is what keeps us going. We always have friends we can go to but we are also on a quest of meeting new people and hopefully, making new friends. “Easier said than done” is something we get from a lot of people. Through the people who’ve written to us, we’ve established one thing: people want to make new friends but don’t find it easy. They face a lot of challenges, mostly internal and eventually give up. Do you face this problem of making new friends. If you are among the ones who find it hard, here are a few things you should try:

1. When you feel like talking to someone, just talk!

It so often happens that we want to talk to a person but we have so many things running in our head that we stop ourself from doing the one thing we want to do: TALK. We run the entire conversation in our head and we ditch the idea of talking. And then we regret later in the day. Happens all the time? Here’s the solution: Just talk. Whatever made you feel like talking to the person is probably a great thing. Gather all the positive energy within you and just talk!

2. People want to talk. Choose something good to talk about.

Small talk is easy and comes to us naturally after a point. We are not even listening most of the times. No wonder many conversations don’t go the way you think it should go. The bad part is you give up talking to new people because of this. Research says people are more than willing to talk and share. All you’ve to do is just ask. Ask them something really personal and you’ll be surprised how much they have to tell. When you are pooling on Uber next time, ask them where they work and if their work excites them.

3. Discover common interests and passions through the conversation

There is a rush of joy in meeting people who have similar taste as you. It’s amazing when someone likes something that you like, something unpopular among your friends. There is that exciting ‘OMG!’ moment! In our last blog, we had someone sharing about how it was to finally meet other boys who loved La La Land! Conversations will flow. Find these little things that matter to both of you and make the conversation more meaningful and worthwhile. Chances of it resulting in a lasting friendship are fairly high!

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