flattery will motivate anyone, flattery can do wonders

flattery (someone into doing) / instigation

a tree; more specifically, a living tree / the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree / wood, lumber / something made of wood / in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

諺: proverb

boss

remember, recall

cannot, be unable to

to praise; to speak highly of

to praise; to admire

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend