We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships

The more people that share a common point of reference for an experience, the more people you have who will reach out to you to reconnect about that thing you have in common.”

Marian offered her volunteer services as a surrogate grandma.

What’s one of the hardest things you’ve done, that you’re glad you did?

Great follow-up questions will reference the details that the other person shared,

relies on people’s tendency to be drawn to novelty as a way to increase the depth of her new friendships quickly.

what kinds of things elicit your excitement?

What were you like as a 16 year old? How are you similar to that child, and how are you different?

You could even ask people to come to a “Dinner Pod-dy” with a subject they want to talk about, such as the topic of a podcast they listened to, something they’ve read that had an impact on them, or something they wonder about.

What’s the last thing that you took a photo of and why?

Make your Friend Time something that you can both enjoy doing together.