How to Make Friends as an Introvert: Discover Introvert-Friendly Ways to Meet New People, Improve Your Social Skills, and Make New Friends

How to Make Friends as an Introvert

by Nate Nicholson

Praise for the Book

Excellent practical advice at different stages so you can choose your confidence level, start with very manageable activities and gradually work up to other ideas as you gain in social experience, familiarity and conversational skills. Nate has a great writing-style - very personal and motivating. - M. Johnson
How to Make Friends as an Introvert

If you are an introvert looking for tips to become better at socializing (without having to go to night clubs and other places that extraverts enjoy so much), this book is for you.

Introverts are rarely understood by extraverts. Most people believe that introverts are just shy, while in reality introverts prefer different ways of socializing with other people.

How to Make Friends as an Introvert: 21 Introvert-Friendly Ways to Meet New People and 21 Tips to Improve Your Social Skills is jam packed with tips for introverts who would like to make new friends and improve their social skills.

Introversion Does NOT Make It Harder to Make Friends

As an introvert, you have many strengths that extraverts don’t possess. In the book I will share with you tips that will help you utilize your strengths to meet new people and make new friends.

Here are just some of the things you will learn from the book:

how to make friends by learning new skills
how to find a mentor and make a friend
how to use a popular website to make new friends with strangers who share your interests
how to make friends with oddballs and travelers
a good way to improve your leadership, public speaking and communication skills and make new friends at the same time
how to make friends with people from all over the world
how to make friends with random strangers
how to start talking with a stranger (including example conversations)
two simple techniques to remember the name of a stranger
how to help other people remember your name
a little known secret of master conversationalists (this skill is natural to most introverts)
how to ask for contact information
what to do once you have someone’s contact information
how to develop new friendships
6 common challenges of introverts and how to deal with them (including being afraid of talking with strangers, feeling awkward and feeling drained after socializing)


Would You Like to Make New Friends?

By following the advice from the book, you will create numerous new opportunities to meet new people. The book will not only teach you how to meet new people as an introvert, but also give you exact steps on how to develop friendships with strangers.

If you would love to make new friends, but have always been struggling at socializing because you’re an introvert, this book will show you that introversion is NOT an obstacle when socializing. In fact, it can be a precious asset that can lead to deep friendships with like-minded people.

Genres: Nonfiction, Relationships, Communication, Self Help, Social, Friendship

130 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 18, 2014

About the author

Nate Nicholson is interested in the practical aspect of the self-help literature. He writes books for people who want to make the most out of their lives by always striving to become a better person.

Nate enjoys writing about introversion and self-confidence, two things close to his heart. The journey he undertook to overcome shyness and become a self-confident person has helped him discover entrepreneurship, fitness, and personal growth, all of which are his main personal interests.

Reviews

[Keesa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not the best book I've ever read (or even the best book I've read so far this year, for that matter) but it did have a lot of helpful information (and some not-so-helpful) on how to make friends - and be a friend - as an introvert. If you're a painfully shy introvert, as I am, the book is definitely worth reading, even if you only get a few pointers here and there. Every little bit helps!

[Leslie Fisher · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very quick read but it has some good advice. More than that, it's very encouraging. Just because a person is an introvert does not mean that they cannot have a fulfilling social life. I like that the author encourages his readers to get out of their comfort zone and practice speaking to strangers. I have met people in real life that I have spoken to and realized quite quickly that I would like to get to know them better as friends, but I never followed through in asking for their contact information or contacted them when they offered theirs. This book helps take the "weirdness" out of it. I've never before known how to bridge the gap between meeting a random person that you connect with and making them a friend. I had also never thought of having social strengths as an introvert, so that was encouraging to read.

[Yoric · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's the kind of advice you can read on a blog.
It's ok, but nothing new under the sun. And you may be better equipped with your own compass when it comes to friendship, instead of reading what to do in a book.

[Alyssa]

Rating: ⭐

💡 Starting a conversation with a stranger as an introvert doesn't have to be difficult. In fact, you have a powerful advantage over extroverts.
Why does the comparison rub me off in the wrong way? like being an extrovert is a wrong thing

💡 why are some of these traits common human decency? does that not exist when you an extrovert?

Quotes:
💡 Introversion comes with an interesting mix of strengths and weaknesses. If you learn how to maximize the benefits coming from your strengths and diminish the effects of your limitation, you too can enjoy a social life.

💡 Active listening starts with acknowledging what the other person is saying and reiterating it. It builds connections while making the person you're speaking with feel understood.

💡 Finding the "why" can deepen your conversations and make them more satisfying.

💡 Self-confidence can't be taught by reading a book. It's the actions-facing your fears- that make you a self-assured person.

[Mira · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Introverts recharge their batteries in solitude. They need quietness and little to no stimulation. It helps them focus on their inner life, which is the primary source of their energy..” YES. This book gets it. And according to the test my personality is Virtuoso. 76% introverted.



“Introverts don’t connect with other people as well as extroverts do when making small talk.” Because we hate the small talk.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good basic ideas, but not what I was looking for. The main thing I got from this book is how to start a conversation and that introverts may excel at active listening.

I wanted to learn how to keep a conversation going with an extrovert. The idea of focusing on getting to know them is helpful, but I often get stuck asking too many questions since they're not interested in knowing me. Even throwing out something about myself doesn't always work.

Good beginnings but I need more.

[Eric · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing new here.

[Christin White · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this and another similar book up mostly on a lark during an Audible sale and got exactly what I expected. The content was superficial, the recommendations were mostly obvious while failing to add any insight. Given that he kept coming back to it I'm not sure if Nicholson's intention went much further than telling you how good he is now at hitting on attractive women and throwing in the occasional mention of an introvert's sex life.

What really stood out to me about this and Social Anxiety: Social Anxiety and Shyness Ultimate Guide: Techniques to Overcome Stress, Achieve Self Esteem and Succeed as an Introvert was that they both felt like they wen't really written with intention for introverts. They were short and shallow, the chapters and topics flew by too fast with so little honest examination and — perhaps most egregiously — the majority of the content was presented in fragmenting bullet-point lists. There just wasn't the thoughtfulness in the writing that they spent so much time talking about in the book.

While not targeted specifically toward helping introverts deal with social situations Susan Cain's book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, while imperfect, was written with a depth and empathy that was solely missing in Nicholson's guide.

[Mallory · Rating 4 out of 5]

How to Make Friends as an Introvert is a quick, easy read. It begins by defining introversion and explaining the associated strengths and weaknesses before moving on to suggest ways to meet new people, talk with strangers, and develop friendships. The chapter about talking with strangers is particularly valuable as it offers some great suggestions for networking, from initiating the conversation to following up, that can be helpful for any professional, introvert or not. The final chapters summarize social skills to master and behaviors to avoid.

Rather than immediately throwing introverts into extreme situations that may make them uncomfortable, many of the suggestions offered in this book are realistic and easily attainable, focusing on small steps rather than large leaps. The author maintains that introversion doesn't have to hold an individual back from socializing, and he shows readers how to instead use it to their advantage.

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was short and sweet, really easy to read with good advice on meeting and engaging with new people.