Praise

As a trainer and teacher and principal and parent, I have always preached and practiced making praise:
*frequent
*timely
*specific

But a new study out of Northeastern University in Boston (Dr. David DeSteno) shows that even when praise is not related to any specific behavior and in fact is given at random (but the recipients are told it was something they did), the highly praised people are viewed as more friendly and exhibiting more leadership qualities.

"Hey you, GREAT JOB!!!"

Now how hard was that?