How to Be Interesting to Other People

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Like yourself and be confident.

   You can fake confidence by standing up straight, holding your head up high and smile a lot.
   
   Just be friendly! Once you get use to it, confidence will come naturally. , If you are not much of a newspaper reader, then go to an online newspaper and just read the headlines, so you can at least say "I heard about that" when someone mentions something they saw or read about.
   
   Ananova offers a wonderful news section with weird and strange news tidbits you can discuss with your friends. , Some hobby ideas are:
   Photography is quite cheap these days because everyone has a digital camera somewhere.
   
   Make a Flickr or Picasa account and post them on there so you can give the link to your hobby to friends.
   
   Biking Painting creative writing Yoga/Pilate's Collecting (something other than STAMPS!!!!) Salsa dancing Target shooting Model building Sailing Hiking ,, They will want to be part of your life if you are interesting. , When your friends come to you with a problem or question, maybe you can find the answers in scrapbook.
   
   You will seem well rounded. , Be creative in conversation, think around the corners and surprise friends and family with your responses. , Subscribe to a "word of the day" email on line and then try to use the new words in conversation daily.
   
   People will think you are well schooled, even if you've only ever finished High School. , Even if you listen to music already, try new styles.
   
   If you never listen to Jazz, try some light Jazz.
   
   If you never listen rock music, try some! , Tell your friends about them, rant and rave and go to live performances.
   
   Drag your friends along and open their world to new things. ,,,,,! ,, Go to a Thai restaurant, or Filipino...try something new and if you like it, next time invite all your friends to go with you.
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   Step 2: Be confident

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   Step 3: or else people will see you as a weakling with nothing worth while to say.

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   Step 4: Read newspaper articles everyday so you can talk about up to the minute topics.

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   Step 5: Take up a hobby.

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   Step 6: Try something "younger" or "older" depending on your age

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   Step 7: Remember to include people in your hobbies.

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   Step 8: Collect magazine articles that taught you something new and make a scrapbook with them.

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   Step 9: Use your imagination

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    Step 10: be creative.

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    Step 11: Learn new words.

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    Step 12: Listen to music!

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    Step 13: You can actually find loads of "undiscovered" bands and singers online.

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    Step 14: Don't talk about your daily life all the time!

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    Step 15: If you are a student

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    Step 16: don't talk about homework/teachers and term papers

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    Step 17: even if its all you have on your mind.

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    Step 18: If you are a stay at home mom

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    Step 19: don't talk about how cute your kids are and how well they did in ballet all the time.

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    Step 20: Don't talk about sales you made at work all the time

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    Step 21: Broaden your scope of conversation as much as possible!!!

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    Step 22: Your environment does not make you the person that you are; you are who you are from the inside out

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    Step 23: not the other way around!

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    Step 24: Try a new restaurant that serves food that you have not tasted yet.

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