OECD Observer

Sunday, 9 January 2011

The power of praises

Harvard business research shows the power of praises and how they convert into favours. Surely this is basic psychology?

It is nice anyway to notice the positives about others and point these out often, given that it is delivered with genuineness. We can't be kind enough to each other in this age of accountability and litigation. But if you were to come across a genuinely not-so-nice person whom you wish to pick up something nice about but just find it beyond possibility, without going into psychoanalysing them (given you are capable of it), would you choose to make up the praises or omit any comments altogether?

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