THE SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY

There is a very large class of people who are distinctly friendly and social in type.  A leading characteristic of this type is, as we have stated already, the full, round back-head.  The best, easiest and quickest way to gain the favorable attention of such people is to develop your relations with them upon a friendly and social basis.  Indeed, a capacity for making friends and keeping them is one of the most valuable assets of any human being, no matter what his ambitions and desires.  As a general rule, we can more easily persuade those who feel friendly toward us than we can those who are indifferent.  Observe the successful salesman and the successful politician, those whose professional success depends upon the power to persuade; they are nearly all of the social, friendly type.

THE VALUE OF FRIENDLINESS

For some men it comes natural to make friends with everyone with whom they come in contact.  Others make friends with few, but their friendships are powerful and lasting.  Still others are very social; they meet people easily and are fairly successful in dealing with them; but they make few, if any, intimate friends.  Still others are neither social nor friendly.  They do not particularly care for people but rather enjoy solitude.  No matter which type a man may be, he will do well to cultivate true friendliness.  Our friends turn business to us.  They give us important information at the right time.  They influence people in our favor.  They warn us of disasters.  They come to our rescue in times of trouble and help to protect us against our enemies.  Finally, but perhaps most important of all, they give us an opportunity to do all these things for them, and in this service we find our highest and truest pleasure.

COMBINATION TYPES

We have suggested arbitrarily in this chapter a few of the types you will meet and the best ways to gain the favorable attention of each.  Naturally, these types may overlap.  For example, a man may be a fat man and also of the exceedingly practical type.  He is, therefore, approachable upon either one of the two lines suggested or with something which appeals to both elements in his nature at once.  Plain, simple, easily recognized facts about a sound financial proposition, for example, would combine the two factors.

There are, of course, many other types and combination types.  To treat each one of them exhaustively would require, not a volume, but a library.  Yet there are certain fundamental principles by which all of them may be known and in accordance with which each may be successfully persuaded.  A thorough scientific study of human nature will reveal them.

CHAPTER III

AROUSING INTEREST AND CREATING DESIRE