Interview

How Adding Value to Others Adds Value to You | LeAnn Foster

LeAnn Foster shares the impact of giving compliments. Offering words of kindness can build connections with others. Connection is a fundamental need that humans share, and when we meet the needs of others, we often find that our own needs are being met as well. LeAnn Foster, affectionately known as Loving LeAnn, is a media personality and entrepreneur.

Over a decade, she’s hosted The Loving LeAnn Show and can be heard on AEG Radio station. She’s a red carpet host, and she interviews celebrities and the brightest stars walking out their purpose through serving others. LeAnn has appeared with some big names like Louis Gossett, Jr., Vivica A. Fox and members of SWV, Silk and Xscape. LeAnn’s favorite assignments are ones that positively change the lives of others.

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Interview details

Publication date: Aug 23, 2026
Duration: 13m

Speakers

LeAnn FosterFounder, EUTHENICS

Viewpoints in this interview

Giving compliments can benefit both giver and recipient

Foster argues that offering sincere compliments adds value to other people while also creating a rewarding experience for the person giving them.

LeAnn Foster Compliments and Kindness Source at 2:06

People can intentionally cultivate more positive perspectives

Foster says people can counter their tendency to focus on negative information by deliberately looking for positive qualities and viewing the world through words of kindness.

LeAnn Foster Positive Mindset Source at 2:55

Seeing good in others can improve self-perception

Foster describes how deliberately finding positive qualities in other people changed her own self-perception and helped her see more positive qualities in herself.

LeAnn Foster Self-Perception Source at 4:03

Compliments should be sincere and genuine

Foster distinguishes meaningful compliments from excessive or insincere praise and emphasizes that compliments should be given sincerely and genuinely.

LeAnn Foster Compliments and Kindness Source at 6:02

Compliments can help create needed human connection

Foster argues that people share a fundamental need for recognition and connection, and that compliments can help create the interpersonal connections that support a positive human experience.

LeAnn Foster Human Connection Source at 7:12

Small gestures can meet important needs for connection

Drawing on an experience of isolation during the pandemic, Foster argues that simple gestures such as acknowledgment, a smile, or a kind word can provide meaningful human connection at little cost to the giver.

LeAnn Foster Human Connection Source at 8:15

People share needs for recognition and appreciation

Foster maintains that despite social and political divisions, people have similar underlying needs for recognition, appreciation, value, and connection.

LeAnn Foster Recognition and Appreciation Source at 10:59

Kind words can positively affect another person's moment

Foster concludes that people can offer genuine words of kindness at little personal cost and potentially improve another person's immediate experience while also benefiting themselves.

LeAnn Foster Compliments and Kindness Source at 11:07