Some Basic Friendship Skills
1. Talk about things that interest others, and not just things that interest you.
2. Share the conversation. Donāt talk over others, interrupt others, or seek to be the centre of attention.
3. Be interested in what other people have to say. Ask open questions, and try to find out more.
4. Notice when people do well, and make the effort to praise them for it. Try to be an affirming, and encouraging, friend.
5. Be respectful, considerate and polite. Be sensitive to the feelings of others.
6. Think before you speak. (Sometimes itās better to say nothing than to speak your mind and upset or offend).
7. Learn how to ask for what you want and need in a non-threatening, and non-defensive way. Donāt react; and donāt pick needless arguments.
8. Try to understand the perspective of others ā and donāt just assume that you are right and they are wrong.
9. Look out for others ā and be a trusted friend
10. Back off, donāt dominate, and give your friends some space.
1. Donāt brag about what youāve done or what youāve got.
2. Donāt put others down.
3. Donāt judge and stereotype people.
4. Donāt take over the conversation. Let others tell their jokes, and have their say.
5. Donāt try to control other people, or to make them do what you want them to do.
6. Donāt talk, or gossip, about others.
7. Donāt make jokes at othersā expense.
8. Donāt demand perfection ā allow your friends to be human, and to sometimes make mistakes.
9. Donāt be sensitive and quick to take offense.
10. Donāt be mean or stab others in the back.
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