Excessive self regard
When reaching out to successful executives or decision makers.
Why it works
Most people take great pride in their own achievements and their unique way of doing things. Acknowledging their success makes them feel recognized and more receptive to what you have to say.
Example
I have been following your growth at your company, and the way you built your sales team is truly impressive.
An illustration of the mechanism, not a template. Copied verbatim it stops being persuasion and starts being the pattern everyone else is already sending.
Is your sequence pulling this one?
Paste it in and find out which levers are working, which are missing, and which single zero is capping the whole message.