Think about it. How many people do you still keep in touch with from elementary school? Junior high school? High school? And not just a random Facebook message or saying “hi” if you happen to be in the same place at the same time, but true friends you will call on the phone to just talk with or you will plan to go somewhere with to chill outside of the normal setting in which you would ordinarily see them. If that number is really small, congratulations, you are cool.
No matter how cool or uncool we think we are, if we just have one person, just one person we connect with, then we are cool because that is as good as anyone else has it. This concept of “cool” becomes more and more a myth the older you get.
Arel Moodie is widely known as America's Top Young Speaker. He has spoken to over 65,000 students in 39 states and 2 countries on the topics of student success, student leadership and student entrepreneurship. He is a leading authority on helping students of this generation succeed in school and in life. He is also the best selling author of the book Your Starting Point For Student Success. To find out more about Arel's book, go to www.startingpointbook.com. To find out more about Arel's speaking please go to www.arelmoodie.com.
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I completely agree. As much as social networking "appears" to change this, the dynamic of real friendships is limited to a handful of people. I don't think this is necessarily a bad thing either, because these 3 friends will truly understand you and you won't be stretched thin on your friendships. Great post Arel!
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