One of the biggest challenges while traveling is meeting people day after day to continually build new friendships or risk spending Saturday night in a new city alone on your laptop.  Since traveling I’ve fin that the easiest way to meet people requires a few persnal characteristic changes.  Not only wiill meeting people build your confidence but improve your life i.e. new contact, new friends, and a better outlook on life.

How to Meet People Anywhere
1. Be fearless – Do not be afraid to talk anyone.  Fear is your own worst enemy.  In the process of meeting new people you will get rejected once in awhile, but that’s perfectly ok.
2. Good Conversation Starters – One of the best ways to break into anyone’s life is to nonthreatinly approach them, keep a little distance, and just comment and add your own input.  Build the conversation from there.
3. Pull the Trigger – I used to just let conversations end and never see people again.  This is not the way to go. Rather, invite them to something say an upcoming event, make sure to ask for their phone number, and in the worst case get their full name to add them on acebook.

Places to Meet People
1. Anywhere – there are people lurking everywhere.  Plenty of new conversations can be had everyday with anyone.  The difference is getting these people  beyond the Hello point and into the lets see each other later step.
2. Coffee shops, libraries – These are places where people are calmed, collective and more likely to engage in conversation.

Why Meet New People
New people provide new contacts and opportunities. Most people find their future wife or husband through friends, as well as many new jobs are found just through friends. The bigger the network of people you can create, the more you will be able to take advantage f the oppotunirites out there.