Making Friends is an important aspect of our lives. The Friends you keep, influence your behaviour and attitude. Do you think you have good relationships with friends? Do you know the do's and don'ts of a good friendship? Do your friends have positive influence on you? Do you relate well with your friends? If most of your answers to the above questions are NO, I highly recommend this article. In this article, I'm going to be sharing 9 great tips to help you.
- Evaluate Your Friends:Take time to analyse your friends. This would help you to discern between those that may influence you positively or negatively. Choose only friends that add value to your life.
- Know That Nobody Is Perfect: Acknowledging that nobody is perfect, makes one understand that everyone has a flaw or two. This makes us understand that every friend may not be exactly how or what we want we want them to be. Appreciate them for who they are and learn to love them. Everyone is special in their own way.
- Creating A Bond:This is a very crucial process of building a good relationship.Learn to identify your common goals, interest, hobbies e.t.c. and bond over them. It would help you know more about your friends and keep a conversation going without fear of boring your listener.
- Avoid Being Self-Centered:One great skill needed to build a good/stronger friendship is being a good conversationalist. Avoid talking/thinking about yourself all the time, it would eventually bore listeners and create an impression of you being Self-centered. Learn to put others first. Before thinking about yourself.
- Make Sacrifices:Making sacrifices for friends are good ways to prove and show one's love and care for them. Go out of your way to please them sometimes, you would be glad you did.
- Be Trustworthy:When building a good friendship, both parties should be able to rely and confide on each other. Avoid telling lies to your friends. It could give you a bad image and make you loose quality friendship. Let a secret be a secret and a promise be a promise.
- Be of Help: Be your friends pillar and source of help in times of need. I quote "A friend indeed is one who is willing to help a friend in dire need". Be a source of encouragement and motivation to your friends.
- Pay Attention To Little Details:Most times,we feel little details don't matter. But in reality,they matter a lot. Endeavour to pay attention when talking with friends,remember things that are important to them such as birthdays,marriage anniversary e.t.c.
- Prayer:Above all, pray to God always. He alone knows what is best for you and will guide you when making choices.Also, pray for your friends. There is nothing difficult that he cannot do and he would give you the grace to build a stronger relationship with himself and others.
