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

Are you?

Are you the Supervising Manager of your own Personal Complaint Department?

According to the authors of the book,

SIGNIFICA

The World’s Champion Complainer was a man named

R A L P H     C H A R R E L L

Charrell received over $100,000.00 as a result of his systematic complaining.  His smallest refund was of $6.95 and his largest was $25,000.00.  Charrell spent time every day making phone calls and writing letters of complaint.  He even wrote two different books:

HOW   TO   GET   THE   UPPER   HAND

and

HOW   I   TURNED   ORDINARY   COMPLAINTS   INTO   THOUSANDS   OF   DOLLARS

Question of the Day:

What would it like to be known as the

World’s  Champion  Complainer ?

It doesn’t stop with Mr. Charrell.   .   .

According to a White House study titled, “Consumer Complaint Handling in America,”  there are some fairly handsome profits for companies that actively seek disgruntled customers and then satisfy them.

Here’s the Facts:

• Companies spend five times as much to attract a new customer as to keep a dissatisfied one
• About 65% of an average company’s income comes from repeat customer business.
• 91% of dissatisfied customers will never again buy from the offending company and they will tell at least 10 other people about their bad experiences.

Here’s  EVEN  more Facts:

Well over 70% don’t actually complain because

IT    ISN’T   WORTH    THEIR    TIME

THEY   DON’T   KNOW   WHERE   TO   COMPLAIN

THEY   DON’T   BELIEVE   COMPLAINING   WILL   DO   ANY   GOOD

Maybe instead of a regular-not-always-effective

COMPLAINT    DEPARTMENT

We’d all do well to be

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

Seriously. . .

Giving a sincere compliment can have a huge impact on a person’s outlook.  A simple, sincere Compliment communicates the message:

I          V A L U E         Y O U

The studies don’t lie.         .         .

even when we wish they would.         .         .

C O M P L A I N T S     GET     R E S U L T S

Pssssssssst  of  the  DAY:

So   do

C         O         M         P         L         I         M         E         N         T         S

Mark   Twain   was   right:

“I   can   live   two   months   on   one   good   compliment.”

Test   it.        .        .

You want to be a true Caring Catalyst–

give a sincere,

a  simple,

SPECIFIC

 C  o  m  p  l  i  m  e  n  t.          .          .

The Compliment you give Some One today

will be the  Kudos  

you’ll receive all the rest of your days

without   one   word   ever   spoken.    .     .

Take   the   Compliment   Challenge:

10   Compliments   a   Day   to   10   Different   People   for   10   consecutive  

D  a  y  s

.      .      .it may not pay as well as Complaints

but   it’ll   definitely   pay   in   dividends

for   others

for   you

for   always

for  A L L — W A Y S

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