Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have 1some interesting facts.
Perhaps, we prefer to sit 2 to people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. We even choose to sit near someone 3looks like us. People with glasses sit near4people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.
We seem to believe5 people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitude, or even we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that's true6it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group. The7in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn 8 find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover differences.
Move9 your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone10.And don't just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That's we make friends. That's how we learn about people. That's how we open our minds to new ideas.
