People who are psychologically connected mirror one another’s body gestures. Intentionally mirroring another individual’s body language promotes rapport. When you first meet someone, you’ll want to mirror his or her gestures to establish rapport. At some point during the conversation, you can test your rapport with the other person by using the lead-and-follow technique. Heretofore, you have been mirroring the other person. Now you want to see if they mirror your gestures, signaling rapport. Change your body position. If you have established rapport, the other person should mirror you within
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