Things Are Good » friendship http://www.thingsaregood.com Inspirational and good news. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 World’s Friendliest Countries http://www.thingsaregood.com/2008/12/15/worlds-friendliest-countries/ http://www.thingsaregood.com/2008/12/15/worlds-friendliest-countries/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:44:25 +0000 Adam Clare http://www.thingsaregood.com/?p=1777 Forbes has the result of an international survey that set out to find the friendliest countries. From the full article:

Canada is the most welcoming; almost 95% of respondents to HSBC Bank International’s Expat Exploreer Survey, released today, said they have made friends with locals. In Germany, 92% were so lucky and in Australia 91% befriended those living there. The United Arab Emirates was found to be the most difficult for expats; only 54% of those surveyed said they’d made friends with locals.

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Hope Cube is the result. It’s a social networking site for people who need support in their lives to tackle some difficult aspects of living. You can even ask open-ended questions to the community to solicit support and knowledge.

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The key point: be good and pull your weight.

Workplace friendships in particular can develop into some of the most meaningful relationships in your life, but you have to be willing to put in a little effort beyond just saying hello in the hall or eating lunch together in the cafeteria. If you decide it’s not worth it to you, that’s fine, but if it is, don’t let relationship laziness get the better of you.

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