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Or did.

E.g. you are on a business meeting and your counterpart just took his glass of wine and sipped. Mirror it and sip your wine a few seconds later. Or do it with your hot date.

Mirroring works. Most of the time.

As apparently does using someone's name. Most (not all) people like hearing their name. Try to find out if they like or dislike hearing their name and either use their name a lot or very very seldomly.

I.e. for most people even in a 1 to 1 conversation say "Thank you Brent" and not just "Thank you".



I do like hearing my name but find salespeople repeating it incredibly annoying, mechanical and insulting.

If you’re pitching me your new product you get one “that’s a great question” and one ridiculous insertion of my name before you get a hard no.

Coincidentally these crappy tactics usually go with crappy products so it’s an easy win.




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