Waxing poetic again.

[linderlizzie]

human relations

The most important 6 words:
             "I admit I made a mistake."

The most important 5 words:
                        "I am proud of you."

The most important 4 words:
                    "What is your opinion?"

The most important 3 words:
                                 "If you please."

The most important 2 words:
                                      "Thank you."

The most important word:
                                                 "We."

And the least important word:
                                                    "I."

[stevensm4]

While I do agree with the last statement wholeheartedly, does it not reduce the significance of the most important five and six worded statements?

[linderlizzie]

While I do agree with the last statement wholeheartedly, does it not reduce the significance of the most important five and six worded statements?

That's a good question. I might agree with your interpretation except for the fact that those two statements put the other person first (5 word statement) or diminishes my importance (6 word statement).