Great post. You are right about the power of genuine praise. I also read recently that if we criticize other people for being angry, then people will perceive us as an angry person. Similarly, if we praise others for their positive qualities, people will perceive us as having those qualities. Sounds like a form of karma.

David Rendall

Plus, now knowing the benefits of praising those absent, I try to utilize that daily now. I wanna be known as that guy that seems to surround himself with quality people, and always having nothing but positive stuff to say.

You have awesome content on your site man, I’ll definitely be spending the next few days reading all of it.

Great post, my friend. Great. (And that’s genuine praise, not feigned)

For awhile, I was terrible at dishing out praise. I could wittily insult you in a thousand different ways, but I was so “above” everyone that all I could do is spin criticism in creative ways. In fact, I’m still kinda awkward when I dish out praise, since I don’t push it to great heights and “good” to me still means “good”. But it’s always genuine; and that’s just how I roll. Sometimes I think I could be a little more gracious and spread the love more, so I really try working on that.

Oh, and needless to say, I’ve subscribed to your feed, am RT’ing this post and will follow you on twitter.

Keep up the good work, Ronnie!

Cheers!