HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS

I'm back to work and hence have exponentially less time to write, let alone stay awake past 3pm, but I'm back!! and with part one of what I will call the how to make friends series or better yet! How to not be hated by everyone.  

PART 1: THE KNOW IT ALL

No one likes a know it all.

If you are that guy / girl in the office who has the first answer to everyones question or goes out of your way to let everyone know the vast knowledge you have on a particular subject, I guarantee you are being laughed at behind your back. 

Everyone wants to think they are intelligent. If you takeover every situation with your answers, they are associating you! With them not being smart. Big mistake. It is almost always in most situations better to act like you are genuinely surprised by things that people tell you. Eg. 

A workmate tells you there are new speed cameras coming on july 16. 

Is your response: 

a ) Yeah! Everyone knows that. 

b ) Oh really? Well, we better not speed then. 

If you chose A, you may fall into the category known as the know-it-all. Even If you knew what they were telling you just act like it was news to you, people subconsciously feel better thinking they just added to your life. Perfecting this art takes practice but once implemented your on your way to making friends every time you converse with people.

Sometimes it's better to hold your tongue, let someone else have the light, you will soon notice people may talk to you, instead of laughing at you, behind your back. 

Give it a try.