Friendship and networking: How do you bring people together?
Ancient philosphers and contemporary scientists agree: a KEY to happiness is having strong bonds with other people. As a consequence, one of my main happiness-project themes is the creation and strengthening of my relationships.
I have many separate resolutions that address this topic, and one of most effective is “Bring people together.”
Bringing people together is a nice thing to do for the people you know. Studies show that extraverts and introverts alike get a charge out of connecting with others; at the same time, because we’re all sources of information and resources for each other, bringing people together—especially if done thoughtfully—can provide them with a new source of support.
Some people are natural connectors. I’m not, so I’ve been thinking more about this resolution lately, and I’m wondering – have you found any great ways to bring people together?
For example, one great method that I’ve used is to join or start a group. Having parties is a good way, but that’s a lot of work.
One sub-category of “bringing people together” is, of course, the dreaded “networking.” But although many people’s hearts sink at the sound of the word, networking is extremely useful, and can even be fun. One of my friends has an amazing ability to bring people together who would both like each other and also be helpful to each other. I can never figure out how she does it, but it’s a wonderful gift.
This article is some of the research I found in which the Dr. speaks of ways of bringing people together and how important it is. She brings in ways such as getting people to eat together, and from that they grow to have relationships. It is a chain reaction, from just people eating together and speaking together they could end up knowing each other much better and maybe coming together to do something in the future. I love the fact that this article talks about how bringing people together and creating friendships can provide them with a new source of support. I totally agree with this comment because it does. You have friends to fall back on if you ever have any problems or things you want to talk about.
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This article has some good points to it. Whether or not individuals are intoverts or extroverts we all still seek a human experience. Human beings are social by nature, we are not meant to exist alone.
I agree that communication starts a chain reaction. When you think about it, about four months ago most of us in this class were strangers who hardly knew each other. Now that we have talked with each other and interacted for four months, some of us have formed friendships that extend beyond the classroom. We recognize each other as we pass on campus, and are willing to help each other out if needed.
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