The people who can receive a compliment without deflecting it are rarer than you think. Most learned somewhere that being seen clearly was the first step toward being asked for more than they had to g
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Compliment deflection is rarely about modesty. For many adults, it's a quiet protective reflex learned in childhood — when being seen clearly meant being cons...
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Compliment deflection is rarely about modesty. For many adults, it's a quiet protective reflex learned in childhood — when being seen clearly meant being cons...
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