Posts Tagged ‘compliment’

Using Compliments To Control Communication

Over the past few years I have been reading books on personal development, relationships, communication, and the power of manipulation. I took things a step further, when I began to experiment with some of these techniques in real conversations. The thing to remember when your experiments involve other people is to have fun, treat it as a learning experience, and not be harmful or disruptive to other people as… Continue reading

November 23 2007 | By Alex | Tagged: Communication, compliment, conversation, manipulation | 44 comments»

How to Take a Compliment

A surprisingly large number of people do not know how to take a compliment. There's something in our mind-set that says we cannot possibly deserve positive feedback and therefore anyone who pays us a compliment must be either lying, misguided, or feeling sorry for us. This is that little extra-critical voice in our heads, externalized and projected onto others; as if it weren't enough that we undermine ourselves… Continue reading

September 24 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: Communication, compliment, relationship | 34 comments»