Tactics Tuesdays: How to Respond to a Compliment
Feb 20, 2024
Compliments can be used to strengthen ties – or, if they’re insincere, to get one over on you. Your response must match the nature of the compliment.
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Feb 20, 2024
Compliments can be used to strengthen ties – or, if they’re insincere, to get one over on you. Your response must match the nature of the compliment.
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You can get anything to give you whatever you want. But to do it, you must obey the Law of Social Exchange (and all its small wrinkles).
Use these 10 rhetorical techniques to beat back anyone who condescends toward you. Plus: why the heck do people do this, anyway?
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