Ryan Reynolds will receive the People’s Icon award at this year’s People’s Choice Awards, which will take place on Dec. 6 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.

The pause invites the person or people you're speaking with to reciprocate and engage you. His clients didn't realize it, but they were responding to the overall effect of heightened warmth.

As humans we are built to connect, to bond, to be a part of a group of people who care about us, need us, see us, and want to be with us. It’s part of our human make up. Spend time with your people.