▶ Your Answer : There is a controversial debate on whether or not it is more benefitial to maintain closed relationship with a small number of people for a long time than to have an ability to make many new friends easily. According to my point of view, the notion that having the ability to retain relationship with a small number of people is more important than to make many new friends easily is irrational and disagreeable for the following reasons: foundation for success, and having a good time with friends.
To begin with, it does not helps people lay the foundation for success. Nowadays, people need broad social network to be successful. That is because as the world become complicated and competitive, people cannot achieve success by themselves. If someone build strong and wide social connection by making many new friends, they would accomplish great success. One of my cousin, KY, has become a successful business man. He is running a shoe shop and make a great fortune now. The reason for his success is that he has an ability to make many new friends. He always think of his friends as first priority, so he has done his best to his friends. Due to this character, he has a wide social network. When he launched the shoe buisiness first, he came up with an idea to make an advertisement on SNS (Social Network Service) such as Facebook, and Instargram. After making the advertisement, he asked his friends to share it with other people. Because of his broad network, the advertisement could spread out quickly. Fianlly, the advertisement was successful, and he could sell a lot of shoes every day. This clearly proves that having a wide social network can make someone successful.
On top of that, people cannot have more time with their friends. Many people today are very busy with many things. Moreover, some people go abroad to have a better jobs or find new opportunities. If people have a narrow social network, they would suffer from loneliness whenever they cannot meet their friends. My brother, SK, usually make a small amount of friends and have a strong emotional bonds with them. He always wants to have a good time with one or two friends. A few years ago, however, one of his friends made a decision to work abroad for his goal. My brother was disappointed about the news, but he supported his friend's decision. After the friend went away, he was depressed because he could not have a time with the friend. They call each other frequently now, but it is not enough for him. The same situation can apply to those who have a narrow social network.
To sum up, the ability to maintain a small number of people cannot only help people to lay the foundation for success, but they cannot have more time with their friends. Therefore, it should be more important to have an ability to make many new friends.
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