10 Insanely 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.
By Leigh Newman
Photo: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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"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.
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Published 09/06/2012
