I’m increasingly convinced it’s much easier (and happier) to assume strangers are friends you haven’t met yet, than to assume strangers will remain strangers.
He creates relationships by constantly thinking: Who do I know who could benefit from connecting with this person?
Paul Jarvis • Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
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.”
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
The idea of reaching out to a stranger is terrifying! A new meaning needs to be created here. You are an adult now and talking to strangers is fine. If you find yourself having this natural fear of strangers, this is a belief you really need to investigate and work on.
Jason Marc Campbell • Selling with Love : Earn with Integrity and Expand Your Impact
took a more active interest in other people, finally asking them why they felt the way they did and believed the things they believed. I didn’t have to pretend to naturally understand other people anymore. By being so openly curious, I found it far easier to make friends.
Devon Price • Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically
everyone is a friend until proven otherwise.