Say Thank You to Compliments

One of the best types of listening to do is listening to feedback - and being able to respond appropriately.

Even positive feedback can make some people squirm. Some people just don't know how to take a compliment.

Even if you don't think that your presentation, for example, didn't go very well, if someone compliments you on your work, instead of saying "Oh no, it was awful", just smile and say thank you. If you can't accept compliments eventually people will stop giving them.

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[Valentine]

Yes indeed! Verry true wath you are saying. We, student of nurse school "Ic Dien" learned that also to accept positive feedback. And just by accepting that, youre selfimage is raising.
Friendly greetz from Belgium

[manifest more money]

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[law of attraction]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts in that last post. You have a talent for making a hard subject clear to others. I enjoy reading the posts from a guy who has the same flair for explaining things.

[simonr - Curved Vision Presentations]

Absolutely! I had trouble as a kid and teenager accepting comps; then a friend of mine pointed out that decrying the nice things someone else said about you and your presentation (as it happens I've gone on to be a presentations trainer!) is actually very rude! It's effectively saying to them that they are wrong and have no taste etc.

Them: I like your hair
You: You have now taste, because it's actually horrible!

[law of attraction friends]

The points you make in this post are really interesting. I was truly glad to come across your post today.

Thank you for summing it up well!

[Victor Sinclair]

Great article. And timeless too.

People often mistake both humility and accepting compliments as characteristics of vanity or ego.

Neither is correct.

A sincere compliment is a gift. When you thwart it, you take a positive and turn it into a negative.

When you are grateful and thank the person you are actually giving a gift back.