This is one of the essential points outlined in Dale Carnegie's seminal "How to win friends and influence people". This should be required reading for EVERYONE

This is one of the essential points outlined in Dale Carnegie's seminal "How to win friends and influence people". This should be required reading for EVERYONE before graduating high school, and revisited regularly. I read it at least once a year. Begin with praise and honest appreciation. People will do things begrudgingly for criticism and an iron-fisted leader, but they will work wonders when they are praised and appreciated.