How to give a compliment

Mentor: You have lovely handwriting! You could be a professional calligraphist.

Student: This chicken scratch? No one would ever want me.

Mentor: All I can do is give you the flowers - it’s up to you to water them or not.

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Be generous with your compliments. Kindness is free. Everyone has at least one talent, skill, aspect, or quirk to recommend themselves to the world. Find that thing and recognize it - it’s that easy. Tip: specific, personalized compliments tend to be most meaningful.
And if making people feel better doesn’t appeal to you, scientific studies have shown the power of compliments to improve personal wellness and increase influence in social and business circles.
Scientists have found that **being paid a compliment** actually lights up the same parts of our brains that get activated when you get paid a monetary award.
Remember the Golden Rule of communications: “They won’t remember what you say, only how you make them feel.”