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“The truth is, we like people who are similar to us, enabling us to trust them the most.”

Building rapport is an art.

You may be both very similar to each other, and then the rapport will be there naturally.

However, in most cases, you will have to build it if you want to get benefits from it.

And the benefits are huge: building rapport is like making the other person like you.

If they do, you can lead the conversation to any point you want.

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