Q&A for How to Be Likable

Listen to what others have to say without interruption, and engage with them in a conversation by offering your own opinions or asking more questions and learning about their thoughts.

Be open and accepting of others. It’s okay to have disagreements or difference of opinions, but it’s crucial to be respectful of other’s values and opinions while being honest about your own.

People often enjoy being around someone who is engaged, interactive and honest.

It's not possible to be liked by everyone, just like you probably don't like everyone. Be yourself, and be kind. It doesn't take much to be a likable person.

The best thing to do is talk to them. Say something like "I've noticed we're not close anymore, is it something I did?" and take it from there. You may have grown apart from different interests, or you may wish to apologize for a past mistake and ask them if they'd be open to starting over.

Try looking at their face, rather than their eyes. For example, you could look in between their eyes, at their forehead, or at their nose. If this still makes you uncomfortable, you might be able to get away with not making eye contact all the time. Instead, try to glance at their eyes everyone once in a while, and respond to what they are saying, so that they know you are listening.

Then he or she is not worthy of being your friend. Friends should support you, and if that person is mean to you, then it's time to find another person to be friends with.

First impressions matter! First, dress nicely, with clothes you really like so you'll have more confidence. Smell good, brush your teeth, take care of your hair and just look good. Second, go to people and start a conversation. Keep it very light and happy. Be kind to everyone, speak with confidence, try being in the spotlight but with enough room for other people. Do not complain, be supportive and listen to people's problems. Keep secrets and be reliable. You can try being the best version of yourself. Be the friend you want to have.

You can't call someone who always lies to and ignores you a friend. You should just casually cut ties with him. Talk to him still, but not like you used to. Hang out with other friends who make you feel special.

Ignore him, or kill him with kindness. If you're always pleasant and nice to him no matter what he says or does to you, he'll be totally confused and he'll look like a real jerk to anyone observing the interaction. Don't let one rude person ruin your positive attitude.

Dress neatly, be clean-shaven, never swear, be a good listener, and always treat women with great respect.

You shouldn't worry about it. She is probably just looking for attention, or maybe she's unhappy and wants to make other people unhappy. She wants you to react to her so she can make you upset. Just ignore her!

Try to get along with your friend's other friends. Don't be jealous. Hang out together as a group! If for some reason this isn't an option, try talking to your friend. Don't mention these other people, just say "Hey, I miss you, let's hang out sometime one-on-one."

You should try going with your friend when he is talking to the girl and be yourself. Girls like boys who are genuine and also show interest in them.

Show them that you're not irresponsible. Be polite and say thank you, yes ma'am, the basics. Try not to talk back or mouth to your mom or dad when you get mad.

Remember - the more the merrier. There could be good traits about those other friends that sparked a friendship. Don't look at it as if your friend going in another direction. Look at it as if she's expanding her social circle, which is something you can do too. Mix with her other friends! You might just like them too.

Possibly. Ask your friend her opinion. You may need to try being more social -- they may think you're stuck up if you're quiet, and many people ignore you if you seem stuck up.

That's very hard to do, but there are always possibilities. Try to connect with one person at first. Then maybe you can join their group.

See if you could become a group of three best friends, it will take time, but casually join their group and become closer with them until you are all considered bffs.

No! In fact, that's a good way to make other girls dislike you. Instead of worrying about being likable, maybe you should be working on your self esteem.

Ignore them. If they hate you, there's not much you can do to improve their attitude towards you. Just shake it off. Even though it sounds hard, just make new friends. If they see that they're getting to you, they'll keep doing it.

You mentioned that it was your hobby and by basic definition, it's your hobby for your own personal enjoyment. It's a personal choice to enjoy whatever it is that makes your soul happy. And life is short and as you progress further down the road on your life's journey, you will discover (some more quickly than others) that what others may think doesn't and shouldn't have any bearing on what you do or what you enjoy. I try to redirect people back to their own life path when they get confused and start trying to interfere with the direction of my path. Be lighthearted and smile.

You're responsible for no more than half the words in any conversation, so trust the other person to do the other half. Start with "How are you?", then, instead of having something ready in advance, see how the person replies and use that to go to the next bit. Even something corny like "Just 'fine'? Because you seem to be outright glowing with happiness." The key is to keep it short. End the conversation before it gets a chance to turn awkward, leave the other person wanting a little bit more, then do the same thing again the next day.

It's too exhausting to let what anyone says affect you. There are 8 billion people here, and only one of them is you. If you let what they all say affect you, which moreover changes every day, every minute of every day, you'll be running around all your life trying to please everyone. Instead, be a duck: rain slides right off of you. Also, just because anyone says you're this or that doesn't mean you are, friend or stranger. Live your life the way you think you should, try your best to be kind, and let others be.

Find out what you like! You can't be yourself if you're not being honest. Try out different things to find your groove! Once you find that, being yourself is easy.