C O M P L I M E N T E D

How do you take a compliment?

Are you better at giving them

or

R      E      C      E      I      V      I      N      G

A    Compliment?

I’m not very good.      .      .

in fact, I’m really horrible

at  it

Christopher Littlefield

is the founder of

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTWORKS

and interviewed over three hundred people

over the course of a year

while riding the subway in Boston;

He spoke to

parking lot attendants

CEO’s

Doctors

Delta Grond Crew Members

Harvard Professors

and many others.      .      .      .

Littlefield found that although the number one thing people associate

R E C O G N I T I O N

with is a feeling of being valued (88%)

nearly 70% of people associate embarrassment

or discomfort

with the process of being recognized.

The real scoop:

MOST    OF    US    CAN’T    TAKE    A    COMPLIMENT  

and often don’t even realize it!

Other studies suggest that

NOT   BEING   ABLE   TO  RECEIVE   A   COMPLIMENT   

is a sign of low self-esteem

Littlefield suggests,

“Recgonition is often more about the  g i v e r  than the   r e c e i v e r”

S o.          .          .

when someone is complimenting you,

they are sharing how your actions or behaviors have impacted them.

THEY  ARE  NOT  ASKING  IF  YOU  AGREE

nor are they on a huge fishing expedition

to receive a compliment.

SO.          .          .

Do you
R   E   S   P   O   N   D

or do you

R     E     A     C     T ?

S  O.          .          .

Relate to the compliment as a  G I F T

“T  H  A  N  K         Y  O  U”

really is a simple, appropriate response and reaction

DO  NOT  DIVERT  the compliment.   .   .

just receive it with gratitude.

Here’s let’s give it a try:

YOU   ARE   AWESOME

YOU   ARE   GREAT

YOU   ARE   THE   BEST   AT   JUST   BEING   YOU

and yes.      .      .

Y  O U

are sincerely 

W E L C O M E