C. Booth
Last Updated on January 7, 2021
It is difficult to say exactly why you admire a specific person more than any other one. Maybe it is their sweet behavior or their attractive and positive look, or maybe it is simply because they are around, you just admire them.
Well, for scientists such vast answers are not fully satisfying, so they have made several studies to detect the exact factors that attract one person to the other. Scientists have also revealed that first impressions are extremely difficult to change since it takes only a few minutes for a person to determine if he likes you or not; and that’s what makes the pressure linked to meeting new people is justifiably hard.
If you were thinking that being likable comes from spontaneous, innate qualities that belong only to the good-looking, the luckiest, and the incredibly talented people, then you are totally wrong. Being likable is absolutely under your control, you just need to acquire some tricks to reach it.
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#1 – Copy The Person You’re With
© Life’s Secret SauceScientists have called this strategy “mirroring”. It involves imitating the other’s behavior in a positive way. When you talk, try to observe and mimic your interlocutor’s gestures, facial expressions, and body language.
In 1999, researchers at the New York University recorded “mirroring” or what they called the Chameleon effect. The experiment was about gathering two groups of people to see the effects of mirroring on the way they perceive each other.
The first group’s participants mimicked each other‘s behavior and gestures. This group was more homogenous and happy throughout the process than the second team, that was asked to be more natural and to avoid mimicking.
The experiment eventually proved that good interaction requires imitating the other positively. The funny thing about this research is that a great number of the first group’s participants started dating each other after this remarkable experience.
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