International Compliment Day
Today is a great opportunity to say something positive about the people you come into contact with. Everyone has some good attributes. ...errrmm....... everyone.
Friends are friends because you see something good about them. Here's an easy compliment to a friend: "Wow, you're very intelligent...you choose your friends wisely".
It's more challenging to compliment your boss, or people you don't like. Take up the challenge, and find a compliment for them today, ......
For example "you're a great boss.............can I have a rise?"
Benefits Of Giving Good Compliments
Makes You Happier
It feels great to give compliments. Sure, if you force yourself to say something nice, you may not be any happier. But when you truly feel that someone deserves a compliment and you give it to them, you become happier.
Builds Self-Esteem
Sometimes complimenting others can be challenging.
It takes a certain amount of cojones to go up to someone and say something nice about them. By actually doing it, you show yourself that you have what it takes to impact the lives of other people.
On top of that, a genuine compliment involves noticing the good in other people. As you become more proficient, you get better at seeing positive aspects of yourself.
This is a simple matter of practicing the art of giving compliments regularly.
Make Someone Else’s Day And They Might Make Your’s
Of course, your compliment isn’t intended to make you feel better; it is supposed to make someone else feel better.
But when you make the people around you happier, you can get some pretty sweet side benefits.
Hairstylists compared the tips they got when they complimented their customers versus when they did not compliment them. In this study, tips were significantly higher when the hairstylists used compliments.
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