The Secret to Getting Anything in Life is to Forge Genuine Connections With People

Misanthropes, The Struggle Will Be Real

If you want to get anything in life that you can’t buy, such as great relationships, a wonderful career, and happiness, the one thing you absolutely must do is to get people to like you.

That’s common sense, right? You already knew that! You looked at that headline and said well duh jackass I’m not giving you my .10 cents worth of a clap.

You are so right. It is common sense. It’s also common sense to drive sober, have sex with birth control, and not leave kids and pets in vehicles on a hot summer fucking day too.

Funny thing, the things that are common sense often need the most reminders. But I’m not just talking about getting people to like you. I’m talking about forging genuine connections with people.

For me, this is more a late-life revelation, an admission if you will, of how ignorant I was of this fact throughout my life. When I was younger I thought if I worked hard and became good at what I do and was nice to everyone I would get what I want.

Back in 2008, I landed what I then considered was a great job. I got a considerable pay rise from my previous job, which I loathed. In many ways, it was the perfect job and I believed I would retire from it. My then wife and I had moved into our dream home about a year earlier.

Life was good! In some ways, it was the pinnacle of what I had been looking for in life. I stopped looking for other jobs and we stayed home a lot and just enjoyed our fabulous home.

I stopped making time for friends and did not try to make new ones. I grew up shy and anxious and never really made an effort to get past that. At this point in life, I figured I didn’t have to keep trying to do that. I was set, right?

Fast forward six years to 2014 and everything is radically different. I’m broke, divorced, beginning to hate my job and I have few friends. Yes, I paid a price for the sin of misanthropy. More importantly, I learned from it and I’m here to remind you of just how very important this is to your life.

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