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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that if there is someone you would like to get to know better,

say so. Letting people know that you consider them a friend can make a real friendship far more

possible. So you probably encounter dozens of people every week in your day-to-day life.

Some of them you probably know well.

Others are fine as casual acquaintances.

But there may be a handful of people you see regularly that you would like to get to know better.

Connecting a little more doesn't have to be a huge time commitment. Simply saying that the other

person should consider you a friend or referring to them as a friend can go a long way.

It lets the other person know that you would welcome, making your connection a little deeper.

So, for instance, when you run into a yoga classmate at the grocery store, introduce

her to your kids as your friend from yoga, and suddenly she is your friend.

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