Chapter 6. Patterns of rapport
Think of a person in your life with whom you have great rapport – perhaps a friend or a work colleague. Now think of a person with whom you have very little rapport, someone whose attempts to communicate with you have left you confused, annoyed, frustrated, or simply indifferent. Now compare the two people. What are the differences in the relationships between you and these two people? Think also about the people you meet from day to day. Do you get on with everyone or are some people more hard work than others? Rapport between people is, as you might have figured out by now, a filtering process and it works at an unconscious level. You may recall that the conscious mind is able to deal with about seven, plus or ...
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