I always try to be open and honest with people. I try to be nice and genuinely interested in them.
It's also important to be comfortable with yourself and who you are. This is very difficult for some people, but if you don't like you - how can others? Love yourself first, and others will follow.
I think you also have to be around the right sort of people - people that are "like" you, people who have similar interests or even just a similar attitude to life. I have very close friends who I have no common interests with, but we have very similar values and this is what connects us.
And as other people said - it's important to put in a lot of effort as well. If you're not often contacting people to do things, they soon forget about you. Out of sight out of mind. But once you've established a close group of friends, you will always be remembered.
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