If you\u2019re trying to take yourself and your life to the next level, it makes a lot of sense to aim higher when it comes to making friends. The right friends will support you emotionally and provide practical help along the way.<\/p>\n
Surrounding yourself with ambitious people is one of the fastest ways to grow, both personally and professionally. These individuals are driven, goal-oriented, and often deeply inspiring\u2014qualities that can help you raise your own standards and stay focused. <\/p>\n
If you have exciting friends who aren\u2019t as ambitious as you are, chances are that they\u2019re unconsciously holding you back. You don\u2019t have to stop seeing them; your best bet is to focus on building friendships with new people. If you want to make friends with ambitious people, read on.<\/p>\n
In this article, we would like to share with you three important steps. These steps will help you go to the next level in your social life, meet many ambitious and interesting people, and have them stick around for a long time.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n People seem to leave their friendship life to chance, more often than not. While that probably worked well when you were a kid, it most certainly won\u2019t work for you as an adult. With no college or school to facilitate new friendships, you need to be proactive about it. This means that you get conscious and curious about friendship and how it works\u2014consciously make time, every week, for meeting new people<\/a>, staying in touch, and hanging out with them.<\/p>\n Studies have shown that the influence other people have on you is strong; your destiny literally depends on the people you hang out with.<\/strong> This is why it\u2019s important to have a clear idea of the kind of people you want to have in your life. All you have to do is make a general list of qualities, attributes, or activities that you want in your future friends. It doesn\u2019t have to be definitive; it\u2019s just a guide for your mind. You can start by listing qualities like “healthy,” “ambitious,” “honest,” “productive,” “fun,” “interesting,” etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Success in your friendship life means that you don\u2019t only use the tips once in a while; it means that you adopt the easy new habits<\/a> that will work on a consistent basis. The first habit is to go meet new people every month. The way to do that is to join a local community that meets up once or twice every month. Try a few that you can find on Meetup<\/a> and decide on the one that has the kind of people you’d like to get to know better. In general, go where meeting people is easy; focus on places like trade shows, cultural or charitable events, seminars or talks, and so on.<\/p>\n The second habit is to dedicate at least one hour every week to reaching out to people in your network<\/a>.<\/strong> You can put it in your calendar; it can be something like every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Early in the week is better. Contact and network with important\/strategic LinkedIn connections<\/a> during this hour. This habit will make sure you don\u2019t lose touch with your existing friends, and follow up with the new people you meet.<\/p>\n The third habit is to decide what you\u2019re going to do over the weekend ahead of time. When it\u2019s time to reach out to people, plan ahead and decide on what you want to do; suggest that plan to those you want to see. This is why it\u2019s important that you contact people early enough in the week, when they haven\u2019t already decided what to do on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Making friends can be time-consuming if you don\u2019t optimize your efforts. If you\u2019re always the one calling and making plans, then you\u2019re not going to be doing it for very long. The best way to tackle this is to focus on forming groups of friends instead of having a bunch of friends who don\u2019t know each other.<\/strong> We recommend that you always introduce the people that you know to each other, especially if they\u2019re of the ambitious kind. After they meet once or twice, a new group emerges, and you now have a circle of friends. When that happens, they start to call and make plans as well, which means you\u2019ll have more time to contact and make plans with people that you don\u2019t know that well.<\/p>\n As you meet new people, introduce them to the existing group, and make it bigger. If you prefer to meet in small groups, this is a great strategy<\/a> as well; you can still meet two or three people at the same time, even if your social circle has dozens of people in it.<\/p>\n These three steps will get you started on having ambitious, resourceful friends who will help you succeed, introduce people to you, and emotionally support you when you need it. What\u2019s really important is to open your mind to learning about friendship, how it works, and how you can apply that information to your life. <\/p>\n Need more help with your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n Get access to our Free Resource Center<\/a> today (no credit card required!).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you\u2019re trying to take yourself and your life to the next level, it makes a lot of sense to aim higher when it comes to making friends. The right friends will support you emotionally and provide practical help along the way. 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Step #3 \u2013 Build A Social Circle<\/h3>\n