A rapport builder is a gift waiting to be unwrapped. It is easy to leave it in the box, but you would be losing all the joyful benefits of it. This one is worth opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You know your message. You know your audience<\/a>. You prepared<\/a> and practiced<\/a> a presentation that will connect the audience to your goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are ready to do this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before you speak, here is something else to consider. It is a powerful application that can strengthen your message if it is used wisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Think about the last time you experienced something truly pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe it was a reconnection with an old friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It might have been a road trip memory of a beautiful sunset on a clear cool evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps it was the achievement of a long pursuit goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or maybe a Christmas morning memory of seeing all the family together enjoying each other’s company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even as I write these words, I realize I am smiling. And it is a good smile, an authentic smile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n My entire face participates in it. Everything goes up! The corners of my mouth, my cheeks, my eyebrows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Eyes become half-circles matching the arch of my eyebrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m sitting on the porch at Starbucks as I compose this article. As people walk by, I look up at them with a smile on my face. A smile inspired by the words I’m writing. And they look back at me and without thinking about it they smile in return. It is a natural reaction followed by a curious head tilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Why are we smiling?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to see it happening? Watch this.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRAPPORT BUILDER: AN AUTHENTIC SMILE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n