- Be a friend to have friends.
- Be the source of the party, activities, and adventures. Do not wait around for anyone else to ask first, or it's waiting for Godot.
- Make everything an ADVENTURE! Going to get milk: ADVENTURE TIME! B) :D Ridiculousness on 11 with a broken knob.
- Bring more than there was before: stuff, energy, liveliness, etc.
- Be early or late.
- Always leave while everyone is still having a good time.
- Say "no" with frustration and schedule something concrete immediately.
- Exponentially-backoff after 2-3 texts / 1-2 calls.
- All of the "Let's do lunch people" who aren't interested in concrete plans are just being "nice" dicks, wasting your time and theirs.
- If people just want your number without anything else, they're trying to exit (and ghost you).
- Thank people with specific, personalized notes (cards or emails) after invites. Cards, where possible.
- Ask for people's birthdays and anniversaries.
- When you create contacts of people, demonstrate getting details like birth day and month and anniversary. It shows you don't just view people as ephemeral leads to the next networking event.
- Give people time to miss you but not time for forget you.
- You're only as good as your last impression.
- Lookout for the needs of others, listen, and don't be a greedy or selfish dick.
- Not as a moral judgement but have integrity: reliable, fair, keeps confidence, and trustworthy. If a particular cleaning or cleanup task should be absolutely necessary, there is no doubt about its conclusion.
- Dissuade a friend's worst proclivities while helping them see new abilities and capacities.
- Sense of humor: find it, grab it with both hands, and squeeze. Sorry, ma'am, I was making a point here with my 259 new internet friends who are such bastards who never invite me anywhere. Don't mind me, I'm just a terrible, weird, ugly, boring, desperate person dragging this cross along... don't even think of helping now that you didn't invite me. How dare you!? Good day to you, I say. I said "good day!" There is the door. Stop reading!