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Originally Posted by jasonwisdom 
Easy practice is to have a 30-second conversation with a supermarket check-out register person.
Moderate practice is to have a 3-minute conversation with a total stranger in a public park on a Saturday.
Challenging practice is to go to a party where you know nobody, and stay there for 3 hours striking up conversations with random people.
Socializing is like a muscle - the more you use it, the stronger (and more fun) it gets.
I've done the know-nobody party-crashing several times btw...I'd feel such a high after I left, because I went in with nothing and came out with at least a bunch of great conversations. It's an accomplishment in a way.
Hope this helps...
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The funny thing about your practice is that I do some of these things. I have a bit of a motto of sharing love & acceptance after reading "Love As A Way of Life" by Gary Chapman (great book, I recommend it to everyone!). I make a point of talking to the 'everyday' people that we always forget, like the checkout people, or door guards, etc. I always try to be nice and positive... but I guess it's just never gone past that. I be nice, sometimes they chat a little.. and then I go and that's it... I've talked to people in a park while taking my Godchildren there, and usually quite happily have a short conversation with a person in the line at a checkout. They don't always respond in a nice way, and that puts me off for a little while - but in general, I'm a chatty person and I love to be happy and make people smile and feel special.
I should also mention that I work with children (mostly young girls) and I make it my personal goal to build them up as much as possible - make them happy and strong and understanding... I do as much 'personal development' for them as I can in my role...
Seriously, what do you do when you turn up to a party, or a bar, or ... somewhere by yourself?? I often have thought about it and then I think "Gosh, what would I do?? Just stand there?? What is nobody wanted to talk to me?" LOL