The Grapevine Is a Great Way to Communicate Good News

If you lay a big one out of the blue on your boss, your prospect or your sweetie, the recipient will probably think you're brown-nosing. We're more apt to trust someone who says nice things about us when we aren't listening than someone who flatters us to our face. A priceless way to praise is not by telephone, not by telegraph, but by tell a friend. No risk prays, do it behind their back.