Hi guys, in this video I wish to share with you some strategies which will enrich your social life. During your time in the university. You are the average of five people you spend the most time with. University is one of the best places to find the right people in your life, which will shape your future. One of the most rewarding parts of the university life is the people you meet and the contacts you make the same people we contribute towards shaping your future and your personality in ways you can't even imagine. I totally get it guys it can be really scary going to a new place, having no friends and starting from scratch.
Having said that university by far is the best place to meet new people, having new experiences exploring yourself and enriching your life with people you meet around you. The how and where do you find the right people, which will help you through this journey? One of my favorite places and where most people meet is the cafeteria. In cultures across the world, eating and sharing food is considered to be one of the most binding experiences you can ever have. You can see that in Italy, India and China. Something about sharing food and eating together, binds people like nothing else.
You get a long period of time where you are hanging out with people, and it's very easy to start a conversation over food as an activity. Next time you sit with someone who is eating food on the same table. You can start the conversation with Bon appetit, or that looks delicious. Give it a shot and see what the response is. Even if you speak different languages have different race or gender. Nothing binds people together, like performing together.
May that be a sport, or a jam session. You can go as a participant or simply to enjoy the music or enjoy the sport. Every University has a varsity team or an open mic event. rent or something of that sort. When you go with someone to an event like this, it's a very good bonding experience. You was the sport or the performance or the concert, and you like it or you dislike it together, you share common emotions.
Sharing common emotions is one of the best ways to form long lasting relationships. Taking this one step further, if you are a performer, you can ask people to jam with you if you are a musician or play football or badminton or tennis or anything together, which gives you a level of connection, which just does not happen when you're sitting still or just talking. The third strategy I would suggest is hanging out with some exchange students. These are most probably the most fun people on campus. They are willing to go out and try new things, meet new people experience life in a different country. I've been on both sides.
I've been a student in a different country and have been the welcoming person as well. In both cases, you either get to be a guy Or be guided. Regardless of which side you are on, there is pretty much a guarantee that you will get invitations to social events and parties. It can be difficult at first, but it is very rewarding to make a connection with a person from a different culture. Thanks to making friends with Spanish and Italian people, I was able to enjoy the most amazing food in the world and be able to dance to reggaeton music and learn salsa and Tang, give it a shot. And more often than not, you will find yourself going for a vacation to an exotic place.
Imagine having a place to stay no matter where you go in the world. That is what the exchange program offers you. And I suggest you take full advantage of it. Apart from these three strategies I mentioned there are way more strategies, you can join social clubs, you can be a part of student government, or even just say hi to someone in your class and form a study group. All these strategies are well known and I would suggest you try all of them if possible, but Let's not stop there. Let's take this one step further.
What do I mean by that? Exactly? a cool thing happens when you stop being the consumer and start being the producer. For example, instead of going to a party, if you throw a party, what happens then all of a sudden, you are the source of fun. People want to come and talk to you. Instead of going and talking to people 20 people are ready to come and talk to you because you're the host, you're giving them a lot of value.
If you're not a party person, it doesn't have to be a party. You can start a social club or join the student government and run for opposition. All of these things change the dynamic, you go from being a consumer to a producer as I mentioned, now you have abundance, you can choose which people you want to hang out with which people offer you the most value and which people are cool and you like to hang out with. A lower level of the same dynamic is you can be the inviter. You can invite people for a coffee For lunch for a potluck, it doesn't have to be a massive party or a social event. just invite four or five people to have dinner together, ask them to bring some food.
It's a very good way to chill and have a nice evening. also have some good conversation and make some good connections. In the worksheet below, I have attached a template of how I conducted a party or how I planned for it, I would suggest you take a look at it and plan your own event. And that's pretty much it for how to enrich your social life. I will see you next time with the next topic.