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The sorry state of male friendship does not have to look like a kind of fact accepted and disturbing around the world. Even if you have not caught the match or caught an infusion in ... the man, has really beenmonth? It's not good. Yet, it's remediable. Your bromine can be corrected - or you could even start again. Whether it's an annual ski ride or being ridiculously boring with your social trust, it works - there is a four-step plan to resolve any best-buds relationship. So, read it and come back to have fun as back in the day. And while you are there, be sure to read ourGigantic report on why bromance has moved away in the first place.

You always see a work knowledge in the room and you stop and talk with him for a few moments because you tend to love the conversation. He's funny. He loves hockey. No matter. This relationship, which Sally Horchow, co-author ofThe art of friendship: 70 simple rules to make significant connections, Calls a "passive contact", will tend to stay at the same level if you still leave it in the room. So try to change the bottom. Suggest a lunch, a drink after work or other activity arising from your occasional conversation - like a hockey game. "By creating a reason to do something," says Sally, "You can borrow your friendship in a different field."

The tracking card or note is not only for the well-treated and socially adroit wuss. You can also use it. A kind of tracking, whether by email, telephone or note, is in any case the standard operating procedure for most business meetings. Just, the follow-up message, according to Sally Horchow and his father, Roger-l'Eurte co-author of the book - is "the most important thing you can do to build friendships". It can be as simple as an e-mail or phone call or a text message, and it should suggest a future action plan. But if you tack on your phone and not to your bromine, read how theThe smartest men conquer their smartphone dependencies.

Friendship involves repeated acts of alteration - the decision that someone else is, for the moment, more important than anything you think you have to do or say. Listening is a way to practice this precept. To illustrate, Roger proposes a wonderful counter-example, a anecdote told by his friend Dick Bass, who spent a whole race at the plane sitting next to a stranger and to feast the man with stories on climbing of the mountain, one of the respectful passions of the bass.

"Just before the landing plane, Bass turned to the man sitting next to him and said," After all this, I do not think I presented myself. My name is Dick Bass. "The man shook his hand and replied," Hi, I'm Neil Armstrong. Nice to meet you. "" The spectacular missed opportunities of this type are rare, of course. But the daily lesson is clear. "People are like living, breathe", say the horches "and every turn, they can offer gifts from their own knowledge."

John Partilla, President of Time Warner Global Media Group, will ski every year with his old high school friends. Every year, a different person depends on the responsibility of choosing the ski resort and reserve housing. "This is one of the strengths of the year," says Partilla. "When we climb the chairlift, each of us has a different partner to whom to speak. Our conversation lasts a little time. We catch up, temporarily at first, then we are skiing again again."

For this group of old friends, the ski seems to combine one thing that men are really good at (parallel activity) with one thing that men are not very good to (speak in depth). The old reinforces the latter. "Soon," said Parilla, "we have these really deep discussions up the elevator. Then, the deep discussion is over and it's back to ski." For inspiration on your own bromany ski trip, check theFive luxury ski resorts you need to visit every spring.

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