• When you receive a compliment from someone, understand that it is **their** experience of the situation, not yours. Simply accept their perspective. Start by saying "thank you."
• Reframe your experience. Think of your vulnerability not as a weakness but as openness. See it as an opportunity to connect with someone else. "Wow, that is such a different perspective."

Nobody is able to change their first response to compliments overnight. It takes time and practice.

Learning to take a compliment well starts with self-awareness.

Get curious about your learned behaviours and how they impact your response to a compliment.

• In your culture or faith, were you taught just to say thank you, praise God, or divert the compliment with your head down?
• How abundant or scarce was praise in your childhood?
• Did your family have unspoken rules around praise?
• Did you hear statements like" It's not that big a deal" or "Don't let it get to your head?"