Friends news: Neighborhood flyer 🏑

Published almost 2 years agoΒ β€’Β 3 min read

Hello Reader, from your friend Nick in Austin, Texas.

I'm going to Omaha this weekend for the Berkshire Hathaway meeting.

In this issue: 12 of the most popular links from my past newsletters, 3 tips on how to win a beauty pageant (I was a judge!), how to make friends in a new neighborhood, Ask Me Anything, and more.

Why you’re getting this: I'm Nick Gray and this is my Friends Newsletter. I send this every month to interesting people I’ve connected with and friends I want to keep in touch with. Here are my social media links if you forgot who I am: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok.

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Me and Sujan. See his great neighborhood hack to make new friends that you can use!

Most Popular Links

These are the 12 most-clicked links from my past five Friends Newsletters:

🏑 Home Gear: The Best Stuff I Use Every Day (2022)​

πŸ“ˆ 100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying​

😊 The Fun Scale: Understanding types of "Fun"​

πŸ”‘ CloneMyKey: Easiest Way To Copy Key Fobs & Cards​

🌊 Renting an ENTIRE Waterpark for my 40th Birthday​

✍ How to Use a Virtual Assistant: 48 Real Tasks​

πŸ’£ Quick Question: WTF Is Going on With the Economy? (podcast)​

🌏 The AuthaGraph World Map Isn't Perfect, But It's Pretty Close​

⏹ The Cube Rule of Food Identification​

πŸ“ΊLCD Writing Tablet 10 Inch Colorful Screen Doodle & Drawing Board​

πŸ“’ Why We Should Talk to Strangers More​

πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ The Wildest Insurance Fraud Scheme Texas Has Ever Seen​

How To Make New Friends In Your Neighborhood

My friend Sujan did something genius. He printed out these trifold flyers and put them in everyone's mailbox in his suburban neighborhood:

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Front and back of flyer: "Meet the Sujan Family"
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Inside of the flyer includes: Family history, About us, Kids, and invite to visit any time

Sujan said that it was his wife's idea to make these. They used a template she found online. They wanted to meet their neighbors in Austin, Texas. It helped them to get recognized when they went on walks and visited their neighborhood common areas.

I love stuff like this. I think it's a great way to make new friends in your neighborhood!

Ask Me Anything

Newsletter reader Zachariah Lewis from Australia suggested that I do an "Ask Me Anything," where other readers can ask me questions that I might answer on my newsletter.

If you have a question for me, please submit it on this Google Form. You can submit questions anonymously, if you'd like.

Ask me about gadgets, tech, travel, museums, whatever.

3 Beauty Pageant Interview Tips

I was selected as an official judge at the Miss Austin Texas Beauty Pageant this past Sunday.

It was nuts. I got to see everything.

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I was one of 3 judges for the Ms. Austin Texas 2022 Beauty Pageant

Now that I have been a beauty pageant judge exactly once, I am OBVIOUSLY qualified to write an article with my tips for aspiring Miss USA contestants πŸ˜…

See my photos and tips for aspiring pageant queens here:

​3 Beauty Pageant Interview Tips from Me​

Nick doing a thumbs up sign while being a judge in the pageant
That's me being a very professional beauty pageant judge

How to Host a Party in a Small Apartment

Noah in Chicago recently read the manuscript for my party handbook. He wondered: Can I host an apartment party in my small 475 sq foot space?

Well, he did it. And it was a big success. You can do it, too!

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Noah, bottom right, at his first party after reading my book!

Read Noah's full party notes here: How to Host an Apartment Party in a Small Space, including videos from his party and a brief post-party video interview.

This is what Noah said afterwards:

"I just wanted to say thank you SO much for all your help over the last few weeks/months leading up to my party yesterday. The book is fantastic."

​My book about exactly how to host an easy, simple party should be available for sale in late May 2022. It is currently going through the final design process with my publisher.

I will send a note when it is ready for preorder. I AM SUPER EXCITED. I haven't been this excited about something since the early, early days of starting my last company, Museum Hack. I have no idea how or if I will make money on this. But that doesn't matter. Helping people learn how to make new friends and build big relationships brings me so much joy. So I'm running with it and having fun!

LOL

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The End

Thanks for reading my Friends Newsletter.

I'm heading to Omaha, Nebraska this weekend to attend the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting with Warren Buffett. I will take photos and notes!

Have a great week.

🀠 Nick Gray

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Riding this into the future and all the way to Omaha, Nebraska! Kidding. I went on a Segway tour in Nashville 2 weeks ago (thx Reason!). It was more fun than my face implies πŸ˜‚

​p.s. My email robot thinks that we met [HOWWEMET GOES HERE]. Still working on this.

An investor, entrepreneur, and author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. I started and sold two successful companies: Flight Display Systems and Museum Hack. Join 20,000 CEOs, investors, and founders and receive business tips, productivity tools, and other resources from me.

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