Learning the The Art of Compliments in 12 easy steps:

1. Thoughts are powerful, words even more so, if you want to give a compliment to someone, make sure you saying it as you are thinking it. Over-analysing may make your words go haywire.

2. When giving compliments, make sure you have no hidden agenda, compliments can brighten up someone’s day and it’s your way off making the world a little bit better. If it’s not coming from a sincere place, it won’t do anyone any good.

3. Don’t change your tone of voice when giving a compliment; people might assume you are sarcastic.

4. Usually you smile when you are giving a compliment, just let it come naturally.

5. The best way to practise giving compliments is to be observant about life around you, this way you will easily pick up on outstanding behaviour or beauty.

6. When giving compliments to children, rather focus on achievements, as relaying too much on beauty may direct their self-esteem too much on outer beauty than on real personality qualities and talents.

7. Compliments are a great natural way to break the ice when meeting someone new or when you want to attract friends into your life.

8. Compliments are LOVE IN ACTION. Compliments have to power to change someone’s life drastically for the better. Learn to use it in all situations in life.

9. Give compliments to yourself. You don’t have to achieve something to deserve a compliment from yourself. Just being the beautiful, powerful creation you are, is enough to deserve a compliment. I agree with Louise Hay that most people are limiting the potential in their lives because they believe either ‘they are not good enough’ or that ‘they are not important enough’. Giving yourself daily compliments will change these very powerful limiting beliefs into aspirational power tools.

10. Stand in front of the mirror when you give yourself a compliment. It’s the quick fix for low self-esteem.

11. Worried that too many compliments will inflate your ego? Inflated ego is the self-inflated idea of superiority that comes from low self-esteem, how then, can your healthy self-esteem lead you to the same place?

12. Disguise compliments in an easy going conversation to let your loved ones know how much you love them. Combine touching with beautiful words for the ultimate effect. For children a light stroke on the back, cheek or hands will really colour their lives’ complete.