• Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

The Social Winner

Make friends the right way

  • Home
  • About
    • Start Here
    • My Story
  • Blog
  • Coaching
  • Contact
  • Login

Primary Sidebar

Lessons

Module 0: Introduction

  • Welcome to Friends From Scratch!
  • 0.1 The Friends From Scratch Process & How to Use This Course

Module 1: Finding New People to Meet

  • 1.1 Why Do We Struggle to Meet New People?
  • 1.2 What Do You Truly Want?
  • 1.3 If It’s Not Fun, It’s Not Sustainable
  • 1.4 Your Options: The Different Ways to Meet New People
  • 1.5 Finding Your Ideal Places to Make Friends
  • 1.6 Module 1 Summary

Module 2: Starting Conversations & Meeting New People

  • 2.1 Meet People the Right Way
  • 2.2 Get People Excited to Know You Better
  • 2.3 Meeting People at CSGs
  • 2.4 Meeting People at Events
  • 2.5 Meeting People in Public Areas
  • 2.6 Meeting People at Work (or School)
  • 2.7 Meeting People through Friends & Acquaintances

Module 3: Quickly Building Strong Connections with People

  • 3.1 What it Takes to Build a Bond
  • 3.2 Preparation: Becoming Someone Who Can Connect with Anyone
  • 3.3 Making People Feel Closely Connected with You
  • 3.4 The Soft Invite: Planting the Seeds so People Want to Hang Out Again
  • 3.5 Getting Their Phone Number
  • 3.6 Putting This to Use

Module 4: Hanging Out & Becoming Good Friends

  • 4.1 The 3 Mindsets for Making & Keeping Friends
  • 4.2 The Hard Invite: Making Plans to Hang Out
  • 4.3 How to Keep in Touch the Right Way
  • 4.4 Reconnecting: Quickly Recall & Build the Bond You Started
  • 4.5 Meeting Up & Moving the Relationship Forward

Module 5: Course Overview

  • 5.1 The Complete FFS Process

Worksheets

Module 1

  • Worksheet 1 – Your Goals
    • View as Google Doc
    • View the PDF w/ examples
  • Worksheets 2 & 3 – Your Interests and CSGs
    • View in Google Sheets
    • View the PDFs with examples

Module 2

  • Worksheet 4 – Meeting People the Right Way
  • Worksheet 5 – How to Meet People in Specific Situations

Module 3

  • Worksheet 2 (Expanded Examples) – Why You Enjoy Your Interests
  • Worksheet 6 – Quickly and Easily Bond With Anyone

Module 4

  • No Worksheets

Course Overview

  • Worksheet 7 – A Quick Overview of the FFS Process
  • Worksheet 8 – The Friends From Scratch Flowchart

Bonuses

Jeff and Rob Talk About Managing A Social Circle and Being More Assertive

  • Download Video Here

 

Welcome to Friends From Scratch!

Hey there and welcome to Friends From Scratch! 

Congratulations on joining the program. I’m excited for you to improve your life and make the friends you’ve always wanted.

All of your course links are on the left (or at the top of the page if you are on a smaller screen).

Here’s how the course works:

The course is broken into the following four modules:

  • Module 1: Finding New People to Meet
  • Module 2: Starting Conversations & Meeting New People
  • Module 3: Quickly Building Strong Connections with People
  • Module 4: Hanging Out & Becoming Good Friends

There’s also a detailed introduction that discusses the Friends From Scratch process and how to best use this course (Lesson 0.1), as well as a course overview that summarizes the entire course (Lesson 5.1).

In addition to the lessons, there are eight worksheets that correspond with certain lessons.

The eight worksheets can also be found to the left (or above), below the lessons.

This course is a culmination of over 10 years of learning, reading, experimentation, empirical evidence, and customer/client feedback. When the process is followed correctly, you will make new friends. It’s simple, but not necessarily easy.

Since your social life is so important to your health and happiness, I’m thrilled you decided to invest in your well-being. I wish you the best of luck and appreciate your being here.

If you run into any trouble, just contact me at robriker [at] thesocialwinner.com.

Thanks for joining and enjoy the course.

-Rob Riker

Copyright © 2026 · The Social Winner

Follow @robertgriker