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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
on around you at the time, you’ll appear more casual
and natural. It’s not supposed to feel like a come-on or
pickup. Casual is the key word. It’s perfectly natural
and friendly to exchange a few words with people in
your daily comings and goings. This kind of friendly
chitchat can happen in line at the supermarket, at a
cocktail party, at a ballgame, on a plane, at an art
gallery, at a business networking event—you name it.
Two years ago, Marketing Executive Lori
Chambers attended a crowded networking event in
Paris wearing a unique bracelet she had bought while
teaching a Channel marketing workshop in
Amsterdam. She decided to meet someone new by
finding someone else with an interesting piece of
jewelry.
“At the bar I bumped into a woman wearing a
gorgeous silver and white bracelet. I complimented her
on it, and she said, ‘I was going to say the same thing
to you.’” It turned out she headed a health tech
company in the US. “Because I talked to a stranger, I
landed one of the best connections of my career.”
Emails like this confirm my faith in assuming
rapport:
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