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How to Make Friends at Work

From being well-connected to having someone lend you a hand when needed, the advantages of having friends at work are many. If you regularly find yourself in a cold corner on your office floor, here are tips that you can use to win friends and make office buddies for life.

Bring something for everyone in your office every once in a while

Whether it is a bag of lollies, biscuits, Tim Tams or a box of doughnuts from Dunkin? Donuts, it would be nice if you brought your office colleagues a little something every now and then. Food is a sure-fire way of letting your office mates know that you are putting in a genuine effort to be friends with them and that you care about them. And best of all, if you consider yourself an amateur baker, why not bake a lot of your best brownies or cookies for your friends at work?

Sympathize with your colleagues at work

Everyone at work has their own share of problems. There are really no exceptions. If you want to make friends at work, you must learn to sympathize with fellow colleagues and help them out in whichever way you can. For example, if your colleague is going through a rough patch with her husband and her marriage is on the rocks, don?t hesitate to ask if you can temporarily help her out by picking up some of her daily tasks. Genuine sympathy never goes unnoticed and a work place is no different.

Work for your team, not for yourself

While it is easy to get carried away and think about your own benefit all the time, you should remember that your progress at work lies in the progress of your teammates and vice versa. If you go out of the way to help your colleagues at work, they will hopefully reciprocate by crediting you with their success.

Go out for lunch with your colleagues

We all love to have lunch buddies at work, don?t we? That?s exactly why you should make an attempt to go for lunch with the people who you want to be friends with at work. A chat over lunch will not only allow you to be better friends with your workmates, but will also provide a window of opportunity for you to catch up on all the latest gossip at work. So catch up with a buddy at work for lunch, whether it is in the office cafeteria or at the neighborhood take-away joint.

Involve your colleagues in your life outside work

Involving your colleagues in your life outside word is one of the first signs of trust and friendship that you can give out. Tell your workmates about your family, tell them about your relationships tell them about the problems you face in your personal life and tell them what you?ve been up to outside the confines of the walls of your office. Your colleagues will feel connected to you in a more-than-just-professional way. For all you know, you may even find your next vest friend right in your workplace! However, make sure that you share only the things that are t host appropriate to be shared in an office environment.

Be human-Have an opinion

If you really want to make friends at work, don?t be afraid to have an opinion or