K - Know what you want.
F - Find out how to get what you want.
C - Change things until you get what you want.
Attitude, Synchronization, Conversation, Sensory Preferences
Useful vs. useless attitude
Visual, Vocal, Verbal – all three must be consistent
Be reasonably slow and deliberate in your speech.
Don’t try too hard to build rapport.
Synchronize – Multiple Congruity
- Open, eye, beam, hi, lean – during an greeting
- Synchronize body language
o Matching and Mirroring
o Body posture
o Overall body movements
o Head tilts and nods
o Facial expressions
o Breathing
o Rhythms
o Leading – try to have the other person follow your body language.
- This is a check for rapport.
- Try multiple times.
- Synchronize voice
o Tone
o Volume
o Speed
o Pitch
o Rhythm
- Synchronize words
Conversation
- Ask open-ended questions
o Start with questions about the occasion or location.
o Ask see, tell, and feel questions
- “Where do you see yourself by this time next year?”
- “Tell me why you chose _____ for your vacation?”
- “How do you feel about _____ ?”
o “Are you”, “Do you”, “Have you” --> yes/no --> close-ended
- Give feedback
Estimate of sensory preference in people:
- 55% are Visual
- 15% are Auditory
- 30% are Kinesthetic
Interpreting head and eye movements
- Looking up to the right – remembering an image
- Looking up the left – constructing an image
- Looking to the right ear – remembering a sound
- Looking to the left ear – constructing a sound
- Looking down to the right – having an internal dialog
- Looking down to the left – accessing a feeling
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