Everything your interlocutor says offers you one of many available topics of conversation, depending on: yourself the situation the attitude of your conversation partner What he says serves as a…
How to Get People to Like You (5)
The Best Body Language for Building Rapport Even if you do a lot of things right, you might still come across as untrustworthy. You can create this impression if your…
How to Get People to Like You (4)
How to Make Strangers Feel at Ease What if you have to approach someone cold? How do you get people who might not want to talk to you to willingly…
How to Get People to Like You (3)
The Best Questions to Ask People Ask about their challenges Life can be hard for everyone. We all face challenges and we like to talk about them. So ask about…
How to Get People to Like You (2)
How to Be A Good Listener We’ve all heard that listening skills are vital, but how do you skillfully listen? Stop thinking about what you’re going to say next and…
How to Get People to Like You: 5 Ways
Meeting new people can be uncomfortable. How can you start a conversation and keep it conversation going? No matter whether you want to get a job, make a sale or…
The Ben Franklin Effect
“To increase the likelihood of someone liking you, get them to do you a favor” Why does this work? The answer is based on the phenomenon of “cognitive dissonance”. This…
Validation and Compliments
Expressing validation or compliments can be very effective for: getting someone to like you / to sympathize with you making you into an authority figure for him / her, and…
Opening – Starting a Conversation
By “opener”, I mean what one says to begin a conversation. It could be difficult to formulate a good and effective opener. You may be nervous, you want to make…
Pacing – Building Rapport
In order to communicate persuasively, it is important to establish rapport with your target. You want the target to feel that: You understand him/her, and That he/she can trust you….