1. Use their name. When giving out a compliment with their name on it, it feels like your making them worth your time because of the emphasis on their name.
2. Make the compliment as specific as possible. Giving out half-hearted compliments like "Good Job"...

• A study showed that lab coats are associated with attention and care.
• Another experiment showed that people who wore lab coats performed better on attention tests than those wearing painters' coats.
• People who receive compliments when they wear certain items of clothing ma...

For most of us, it takes less mental energy to puff ourselves up than to think critically about our own abilities. In one recent neuroimaging study, volunteers who imagined themselves winning a prize or trouncing an opponent showed less activation in brain regions