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Mirroring / Reflection Technique
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Last discussed Sep 27, 2026
A sales and communication technique where you repeat a customer's exact words back to them to build rapport, increase trust, and leverage the psychology of consistency.
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Use These 5 Psychology Tricks to Make a Ton of Money
Codie Sanchez · Sep 27, 2026
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Used for: Repeating a customer's exact words back during a sales call to build rapport and set up a consistency-based close
Praised: Backed by waiter study showing 81% tip increase vs. 61% for paraphrasing; lev...
vs: Paraphrasing is significantly less effective than exact mirroring
"Waitresses who repeated their clients' orders exactly how they said it back to them got tipped 81% more. We actually want to mirror what our customer says — say almost exactly back to them. The waitresses who paraphrased only got tipped 61% of the..."
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