Note 81: Stop Deflecting The Compliment
How to accept a compliment without deflecting it: I break down why you hand them back and the two-second fix in Note 81 of Notes to Her.
This one is for the woman who answers “I love your top” with where she bought it and how little it cost.
I walk through the lines we use to deflect, from “Oh, this old thing” to the compliment we fire right back, and why they leave our mouths before the kind words have a chance to land. A lot of it comes down to the opinion we hold of ourselves, and I share my own three-dollar habit from before I built my confidence.
I also cover the work version, where one…
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