500 Lunches

   In the January Toastmasters magazine there was a short article about a man named Nick Bendel.    In 2019 he set out on a goal to have lunch with 500 strangers.  He wants to do this to 

As. Away to improve his social skills.     He has accomplished this and  is continuing on with more lunches. 

 For some reason I just really like this idea!.Since I have been in toastmasters I certainly believe that one of the things that has improved for sure is my social skills.  I suppose improving ones communication through speech giving and table topics etc will also help you with social skills that maybe you did not even think about before. 

  This obviously is quite an endeavor and Nicks suggestions for undertaking large goals like this are these:

1. Have enough time, money, and bandwidth to complete the goal.
2. Form new habits and new relationships.
3. Ignore self-doubt.
4. Make sure the goal aligns with your values.

  The link below is that brief article and there is an imbedded link in the article to the original one about his goal. 

https://www.toastmasters.org/magazine/magazine-issues/2026/january/500-more