Complimenting others for your own good

A few days ago, amidst the turmoil of presentations and reports I got a chance to meet my old friends in the college, I got to see how they have changed after the internship and the nervousness on their face. The pressure to perform, the need to present yourself in the best way, to show your work of three months in a matter of minutes, everything seemed to move fast and everybody in their own world.

In this atmosphere, I couldn’t help but catch the nervousness for myself. However, one thing that got me through this was my special people who acknowledged my qualities, made me concentrate on my positive traits. But, even though most of us have these people around us who care about us, it somehow becomes difficult to keep your head held high, keep that spark in you alive.

To try and get over it, I tried many faulty coping mechanisms, however, none of them worked but then on one trip to meet a friend, I met this genuinely nice guy and we got to talking, I complimented on one or two qualities of his, and that complimenting felt good. I have a habit of acknowledging things I like about people in one way or another but I didn’t pay attention to the feeling after that. However, the Mumbai traffic gave me a chance to do so.

Now, this may sound shallow but sometimes genuinely complimenting and acknowledging the good traits of people can help you feel good about yourself. You feel good because you may have made the other person feel better about themselves. In the world where many people just want to point the bad in you, be the one to shed light on the good in others. Who knows, you may have just made their day, made them smile in a time of despair, lifted their confidence. Doing these good deeds makes you feel good. It gives you the joy of maybe putting a smile on the other person’s face. And that feeling is just awesome.

So go out there and tell the guy about his awesome communication skills, tell the girl about her great personality, tell your best friend how you like how funny they are, compliment a person on their style, who knows how many people you may make happy today!!!