Succulents are a friendly kind of plant

What made my first venture into the succulent realm possible, was the nature of the succulent plant: they can be completely regenerated from a single leaf or stem, making propagation quite easy.

This feature reminded me of "friendship bread," a delicious, sugary, cinnamon-bread that my mother and her friends used to make. One had to get a cup of the starter dough from a friend to start making the bread... (but I digress).

This is true with succulents: friends can share the same plant.

Succulent leaves will regenerate into full grown plants over time. Many succulent collectors end up sharing their favorite plants with their friends without doing significant damage to their own.
If you are going to acquire a leaf of a succulent or a small plant with the root intact, make sure you keep the cut on the plant, or the roots, DRY. Succulents are averse to persistent moisture, and new cuts on plants and sensitive roots can rot if they are watered before they've developed a tougher outer layer.

* If you get a succulent leaf, lay it on top of a bed of cactus soil and wait a week for small, thread-like, roots to grow toward the soil. After about
a week, you can lightly water the soil.

* If you get a small plant with roots intact, plant the roots in the soil and
wait about a week before watering the plant. After two to three
weeks, water the plants as normal. (Put the plants in a sink or bathtub
and water thoroughly.)

So, keep leaves and new plants dry and in cactus soil for the first one to two weeks, and share your plants with your friends!