Advice from some leading experts on how to build better connections with people.
Building Rapport with People
Key Tips
- People like people like themselves OR someone they want to be like
- Words account for only 7% of communication skills – need to use the 93% other communication skills to build rapport
- Style is more important than substance initially
- Matching & Mirroring: most effective way of building rapport
- Voice: Tone, volume & speed
- Terminology: same words, terminology
- Body: posture, gestures, facial expressions, proximity, touch
- Breath: breathing at the same pace
How to Speak so People want to Listen
7 Deadly Sins of Speaking
- 7 Deadly sins of speaking: Gossiping, Judging, Negativity, Complaining, Excuses, Exaggeration, Dogmatism
- HAIL: Honesty, Authenticity, Integrity, Love
- Vocal toolbox: Register (depth of voice), Timbre (how it sounds), Prosody (not being monotone), Pace, Silence, Pitch, Volume
6 Psychological Tricks to get People to Like You
Key Tips
- Compliment what people are working on
- Get people talking about what they love – Ask how do you like that? And What did you like about it?
- Share a truth to your detriment
- Body Language – keeping your body open
- Exceed expectations
- Be the first person to joke
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