List of MUST DO's:
1. People like good news. So, be a good-news carrier.
2. Smile often - smile or laugh when you can, while you are on the phone.
Your friends would actually see you.
3. Share your good stories, even if you got plenty of awful, sorrow
experiences to share.
4. Appreciate a good quality in your friend, make sure you find one and tell
them clearly. Everyone wants a genuine praise. Genuine praise NOT flattery.
5. Call just to say, 'Hi'. Often such short conversations make you feel happy
and the receivers would return the same to you on another occasion.
6. Learn to tell stories. Make yourself funny
7. Know the time, know when to stop your conversation. Do not bragg your
exploits after calling at 12 midnight.
8. Remember what your friend likes. Relate things. Tell them you
remembered because, some related thing happened in the News today.
9. Remember dates. Remember few important dates, like birthdays and
anniversaries.[This is for myself]
10. Buy some inexpensive gifts (set a limit of $1 or $2) when you go to
another city or country. This makes a huge difference.
11. Write small post-it notes for your room-mates or workmates, for no
reason.
12. Talk more often. Speak out. Do not be afraid to call people. Only when
you make phone calls, you will receive them.
13. Want instant karma? Write a testimonial for your friend in a social
network site Orkut, Facebook or MySpace. Do not use the boring adjectives
such as caring, sincere, friendly etc. Instead, tell a story on where you met
them, some unforgettable trip / incident, what did you think of them, etc.
If you have a blog, write a post about one of your friends. Privacy, an issue?
You can still hide personal details and let your friend know you have written a
post about them.
14. Connect your friends. If you want to expand your friends network, then

25. Do NOT spread gossips or bitch about someone. Initially, people would
be interested but, they would loose your credibility.
(If you have heard a good gossip (a promotion or a compliment) about a
friend, share that with them and this is a lot better than bad mouthing)
26. Do NOT remind your friends about the days they forgot (birthday or
anniversary). [This is for my friends]
27. Do NOT blackmail your friends. Do not threaten saying, 'Do this, only if
you are my friend'. NO NO.
28. Do NOT share other's secrets with anyone else. If one of your friend
tells a confidential thing for you, do NOT bragg or talk about it others. Respect
the trust.
29. Do NOT use the poems and power point shows created by someone
(Forwarded Emails) to show your friendship and affection. You know what?
They have become obsolete and chances are high that the same email would
have been sent by 20 other friends.
30. Do NOT argue. Personally, I found that by winning an argument, only me
ego gets satisfied but, I would have hurt the opponent's heart.
31. Do NOT ask personal things. Unless they tell something on their own.
32. Do NOT make fun of your friend in front of strangers. People are
sensitive, so, know the limits. Friendly digs can bring pleasure but, if you are
making it big, then you are building an army against you.
33. Do NOT share old jokes, worn-out metaphors and cliched expressions.
Yes, we know them already where you pulling them from. So, best way to tell
a jokes is to make up a story, from your own life. Even, if no one laughs at
your story, you can have your punch line as , "I made-up the story, didn't
work, looser!'.
34. Do NOT complain.
35. Do NOT try to impress with false information. One day, you will be
caught red-handed