How often do you praise? And what is your reaction? It happens that a person does not know how to behave in such situations, how to respond to a compliment. Not everyone can accept them calmly and with dignity. And often it turns out that we do not enjoy praise or pleasant words addressed to us, and the interlocutor is also upset.
Compliments can be received from colleagues at work, and from friends, and even from strangers. When communicating, you should always answer them. The only exceptions are cases when a person is unpleasant to you and you do not want to communicate with him at all. In such a situation, ignoring the heard is acceptable.
How to respond to a compliment to a person?
There are several reasons that prevent you from adequately responding to and receiving pleasure from it:
1. A person thinks that they are trying to manipulate in this way.
2. He is not at all interested in the opinion of the one who made the compliment.
3. A person thinks that this will bind him with some kind of obligations.
4. He believes that he did not deserve praise.
5. Finally, a person simply does not like to be in the spotlight.
If you react incorrectly to praise, then over time it will become much less. Therefore, it is important to know how to respond to a compliment in a specific situation. You don’t have to invent anything. The usual word “thank you” and a smile will be enough. You can say nice words in response. In no case do not make excuses and do not go into details. There is absolutely no need to tell the interlocutor that you bought such a beautiful dress at the sale or paint all the difficulties of its acquisition. These are superfluous details. But the phrases “nothing special”, “doesn’t really suit me”, “I don’t think so” speak of your low self-esteem, it does not allow you to enjoy and fully enjoy the praise.
It is very important to know not only how to respond to a compliment, but also how to say it. A lot depends on the glorification skills, for example, whether your date will take place again. Shy people don’t give compliments at all, womanizer showered them all women in a row (without sincerity). Neither one nor the other option is suitable. A truly sincere beautiful compliment is not an exaggeration at all, but a person’s conviction.
Even the most pleasant can become unpleasant if you go too far. Therefore, the measure is important here, as well as tact and respect, because it should be borne in mind that you can confuse a person with your frivolous inappropriate phrases.
According to statistics, almost all women appreciate compliments to their ability to look perfect and combine household chores and work, as well as remain surprisingly attractive and young. According to the ladies, loss of speech from their beauty is the best compliment. But the most beautiful compliments with an intimate hint are not pleasant for everyone. Many women consider them self-serving.
We all feel the need for gentle words, they help to feel attention and interest in ourselves, support us in confidence.
To make a truly beautiful, delightful, delicate and elegant compliment is a real art. But the most important thing is to say nice words from the bottom of my heart, and about what - it’s not so important!