A short YouTube piece by Codie Sanchez presenting a four-part conversational framework called “FROG” to make people like you quickly. FROG stands for Family, Recreation, Occupation, Goals — ask about family and spouse/kids, hobbies, work (and what they love about it), and meaningful life goals. Sanchez advises easing into big questions, using the approach to build rapport (particularly when buying a business), and references her book Main Street Millionaire.
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How do you make somebody like you in 60 seconds if you're not incredibly charismatic? Here's how it's called. Frog. First, one, family. You're going to talk about the thing that most people care about more than anything else, which is their family. Ask about their spouse, their kids. Second, recreation. You're going to ask them about the things that they like to do that isn't work one way or the other. Third, occupation. You're going to ask them what do they do for a living. But maybe more than that, what do you love about what you do for a living? What do you think your best in the world at next is? Goals. So how do you set goals that matter to you in life? What kind of goals do you set? What big things do you want to achieve? Now you don't want want to be a creep. And when you go to meet somebody for the first time ever, go, hi, my name is Cody. What are your biggest lifelong goals? But what you do want to do is ease them into the big things. This really works if you want to buy a business because you're trying to get the owner to realize you care about them as a human. You see their skill sets and what they focus on. You understand what they want out of life. And eventually can they tell you what would make them happy to transfer a business from one to another. If you like this, you can find it all in my book, Main Street Millionaire.
