PRINT
Nice Things You Can Say to Anybody
Columnist Leigh Newman weighs in on the tiny but enormously kind things you can say that may change a person's day—and (sometimes) even their way of looking at themselves.
Original Content  |  September 06, 2012
couple Photo: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"I just can't make this decision without you."

Everybody likes to be liked for who they are. But there's a special kind of glow that comes when somebody likes what you think, when you know that what they want is your help in making a decision or in figuring out a messy problem. This may also be another way of expressing that most honored of human emotions: trust.

Next: 5 life-changing revelations anybody can have
Printed from Oprah.com on Wednesday, June 19, 2013
© 2013 OWN, LLC. All Rights Reserved