How to Deepen Your Friendships

The speaker challenges the notion that great friendships are accidental, asserting that they are built on identifiable and teachable principles. The School of Life advocates for learning to be a better friend, outlining eight key principles: asking the right questions to encourage sincerity and vulnerability, allowing space for sadness and intimate disclosures, practicing silence to let others express themselves, understanding oneself deeply to better understand others, avoiding excessive talking about pet themes, allowing room for individual "weirdness" by recognizing that "no one is normal," acknowledging that everyone experiences anxiety and fear, and fostering warmth and compassion in human bonds within a "cold universe."