Build a Quick Rapport in 10 Steps (Notes from my Notebook)

1. Establish time constraints
2. Accomodate Non Verbals
3. Slow Rate of Speech
4. Sympathy or Assistance Theme
5. Ego Suspension
6. Validate Others
7. Ask How? When? Why?
8. Connect with Quid Pro Qou
9. Gift Giving
10. Give gifts without agenda.

The places where you have the biggest challenges is where you have the most to give. 

The surest way to avoid disappointment is to lower expectations.