Teens can be hard to engage and build a connection with #BuildingRapport #BuildingRelationships

So I'm there, I'm looking around, I scan, and I see two teenage girls in the back who just are not having it. They're not in. So I went up and just introduced myself and they kind of said hello. And one of my strategies to connect with people, to build rapport with people, is to kind of like scan their clothing and see if there's anything that sticks out. One of the girls was wearing a Nirvana shirt. Way too young to know what Nirvana is or be around during Nirvana, but I'm guessing she knew at least the music. So I said, oh, that's a cool shirt. Do you have a favorite Nirvana song? And she mumbled something. I don't actually think it was a real song, but she mumbled something and she said, oh, yeah, I like it. I play guitar. I said, oh, it's cool. My brother's a musician. In fact, I play piano. And the other girl kind of peeked up. She's like, oh, I can play some music too. They didn't know that about each other because they had just met. And so they started talking about music. And I was like, ah, slowly we're starting to connect with them and them to connect with each other.