Favorite line = "I don’t need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” ___________________ Preview 👇 This book includes many stories of friends and how to make a good one. The author was an FBI agent and he tells his story of how he created a great friendship with a foreign spy who wasn't ready to speak a word also in the beginning. ___________________ Main part👇 So here goes the story as the spy was caught and jailed the author first used to visit him every day but he spoke nothing and just read his newspaper in front of him. This created a curiosity in the spy's mind. When questioned by the spy regarding his daily visit, the author doesn't reply increasing the curiosity of the spy. Now the author uses these two psychological principals ie: 1) The principle of scarcity. 2) Principle of increased restraint. To make friendship with him which are explained in detail in the book. So, according to the author, there are five stages of friendship 👭 1)Stranger (never talked) 2) Acquaintance (few talks) 3)Friends (many talks) 4) Close friends( sharing everything), 5) Significant other ( life partner type). So if you want to make friendship at any one stage it will depend not on your looks or money, but on increasing. 👬 Proximity ( how comfortable you feel ) 👬Frequency( Number of times you talk in a day) 👬Duration( for how much time you talked) 👬Impact ( How strongly you can satisfy his/her emotional need). This will decide how close your friendship 👭 is. ___________________ Recommendation👇 I would recommend this book to someone who is having a hard time building friendship and the one who is lonely. Building a friendship is about marketing yourself, the better you do, the better your friendship sells. ___________________ Qotd = One reason why books are our best friends? #friendshipbook #fridayreads #bookshelfie #booktoday #bookcover #bookphotograph #bookbloggerspost #bookjoy #bookloversofinstagram #bookaesthetic (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF1-s30gfO0/?igshid=psy0r2p9bzxd
