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How to Take a Compliment - by Sasha Chapin

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a guide for the confused

You should just smile and say “thank you.” But don’t deliver it too smoothly. Otherwise, it will seem like you so routinely receive compliments that they mean nothing to you. You want it to come off like the compliment was genuinely meaningful, like you were aching somewhere inside, and the compliment remedied that private solitary pain. This is one situation in which actually being in emotional pain is helpful. But only a little pain. You can’t act like you were desperate for the compliment—it is rude to reward praise with a glimpse of your private abyss. After you say thank you, let the…

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