The highest-leverage thing you’ll do today costs nothing.
In investment, leverage means amplifying returns relative to what you put in. A dollar of your own plus four borrowed gets you five times the exposure.
Let’s apply that principle to life.
What is something that takes you a few seconds, costs you nothing, and delivers a measurable return to the recipient (and to you)?
A sincere compliment.
The research is clear: both sides come away better off. And yet we’ll spend those same few seconds on our phones and come away with nothing except possibly anxiety and a dimly remembered advertisement.
Attention is the underlying unit of time. The question is what we’re exchanging it for.
See article: https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-give-a-compliment
