The Ultimate Body Language Book

loose situation where one person wins the chips directly from another person, whereas win-win
situations happen anytime prices have room for flexibility such as negotiating on the price on a piece of
carpet, a car, or a house, where once the price is agreed upon both parties will benefit. Other
arrangements that are win-win are partnerships that involve no money at all, but rather an equal input
of labour. Therefore, our final rule of thumb is to only use mirroring when there is give and take
involved, or when the task includes cooperation beneficial to both sides. The caveat, of course, which
was mentioned previously, is that all mirroring must always go unnoticed for it to be effective.