You don't meet anyone sitting in front of the tv

Picture this scenario, its Saturday night and you have no plans at all. Your content being in your sweats and watching Rocky for the 15 millionth time. Than out of nowhere you get a phonecall from one of your friends asking if you want to come out for a night of partying. You tell him that your not in the mood to go out tonight. He responds by saying Ok but just remember you don't meet anyone sitting in front of the tv. Does this sound familiar to anybody??

Im sure at somepoint or another we have all been at the stage where were just not in the mood to go out. Take me for instance, during tax season working 6 days a week most nights I have no desire to go out because I'm shot. And Im perfectly fine watching a movie or doing whatever. But at same time I realize that if I stay home all day, chances are I wont be making any new friends. Life is really all about networking and making new connections. Im not even talking about meeting someone for dating purposes. Whether it be at the beach, grocery store, or the mall chances are there will be plenty of different kinds of people there. I have many great friends but Im always up to expanding my network.

Reason Im writing about this is because at beginning of the year, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine and we discussed how we could expand our network of people we know. Best way he told me was to get out of the house and mingle with people which hes right about. He was the one who coined the line you dont meet anyone sitting in front of the tv. I followed his advice and to my surprise, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. This year Ive met alot of really cool people with different stories to tell. So this formula does work.

In closing, its important to have a network of people who share common interests with you. People wont bite you so don't be afraid. You will only be doing yourself a favor by going out and mingling with everybody. So get off the couch, put away the Playboy Magazine and go out and make some new friends. You got nothing to lose