Compliments

You need to be able to accept a simple compliment and celebrate those wins that are decidedly less than epic.  This is one a TOP TEN life skill..

This is the one thing that most everyone is really crappy at.  Most times you are thinking about the things that you need to do, not the things you have done.  

Someone this week has tried to tell you what a good job you have done and most likely you said something like "yea but...".  You deserve a punch in the neck for saying "yea butt..." and not taking the time to momentarily enjoy a compliment someone has paid you.  Yea but...is you shutting that person down for no real good reason.  It is hard enough for people to give genuine compliments, you owe it to them and yourself to listen.

DO NOT try to minimize what they are telling you.  LISTEN to what they are saying and don't talk over or around them.

The most elegant, old school thing to do is to look a person in the eye and say "THANK YOU, I have been working hard on (fill in the blank), I appreciate you noticing.  How good would it feel for someone to do that when you gave them a compliment?  Hmmmmm

Celebrating a small win, is nothing more than taking a minute to acknowledge to yourself that you accomplished a small goal in the pursuit of a larger one.  Give yourself a pat on the back and let someone else do that.  Treat yourself to a pop tart or a McRib and then move on.

These skills are like the other worthwhile ones, you have to practice them to be good at doing it.  Old School Rules...look them in the eye, say thanks I have been working hard on that.  Celebrate for a short minute or two and then move on.  Both of you knuckleheads should have had at least a couple of pop tarts or McRibs this week.

That old  school rule...it applies to your mom and me also.  YES YOU ARE WELCOME!

Love Dad