Connecting with people is a sure-fire way to be happier - and you can quickly build relationships with friends and strangers alike just by giving them a sincere compliment.
In the first show of a season about how to be more sociable - we meet Troy Hawke, who makes a living complimenting everyone he passes on the street, and scientist Xuan Zhao - an expert on compliments who ditched her boyfriend for failing to say out loud all the nice things he thought about her.
(For more on Xuan's public benefit startup Flourish Science - a company aiming to "help people discover joy, combat burnout, and cultivate deeper connections within supportive communities" - then visit www.flouriship.com.)
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10/09/23 • 29 min
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos - How to Make Friends and Compliment People
Transcript
Pushkin. Hello, this is Troy Hawk, and congratulations on picking the Happiness Lab podcast. You are clearly a connoisseur of the podcast art. We're opening this new season of The Happiness Lab with a special salutation from the founder, leading light, and well sole member of the International Greader's Guild. We appreciate your custom ever so much. Never stop, never change. There's an old maxim that if you can't say something nice, you shouldn't
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