Why Socialize at All?

How do you get motivated to reach out and connect with people? What gets you to overcome inertia? What makes you want to risk rejection? Is it worth it to keep sifting through so many mismatches and partial matches? What makes you exert the effort to engage with people socially? What’s your why? I brainstormed the following list in Conscious Growth Club yesterday in a discussion thread about the motivation for doing anything of a social nature – like connecting with people online or offline, joining groups, maintaining friendships, and doing shared activities. I thought it would be worthwhile to share it here too. Here’s a personal list of motivations for being social. See if any of these strike a chord with you. because I think it will be fun and interestingbecause the people in that group have abilities or understandings that I lack, and I’d like to learn from thembecause I like the people (or think I might like the people) and want to spend more time with thembecause I can often advance faster in a new direction with more social support (I’ll take more action)because I want to keep in good practice with my social skillsbecause I enjoy the activitiesbecause I often create more interesting memories with people than withoutbecause I grew up shy and introverted, and I love stretching myself to explore extrovert modebecause I find great benefit in following the “embrace the new” heuristic, and connecting with new people is one way to do thatbecaus...
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