Your Etiquette Minute - Episode 7: How to Gracefully Accept a Compliment

from Dr. Decorum: The Highest Degree of Etiquette · host Charlene Sims, Ph.D.

Learn why deflecting or minimizing compliments is actually rude to the person offering them. Discover the two-word response that accepts praise with grace, understand the difference between humility and self-deprecation, and master the art of receiving kindness without dismissing it. A compliment is a gift—learn how to accept it with dignity rather than throwing it back at the giver.

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