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Before Breakfast

Accept a compliment

Before Breakfast

iHeartPodcasts

Self-improvement, Education

4.51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Don't bat away praise

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Chelsea Peretti. Do you feel chronic existential dread but love talking about delicious snacks? Call me! My podcast is relaunching!

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0:21.4

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0:25.6

Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

0:30.1

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

0:37.0

Good morning.

0:40.0

This is Laura.

0:42.0

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

0:44.0

Today's tip is to accept compliments graciously.

0:48.0

Many of us have a tendency to bat compliments away or belittle ourselves in response, but it's much

0:55.1

healthier for ourselves and others to come up with ways to acknowledge the truth of

0:59.7

the compliment and just be thankful. Today's tip, like a few others this week,

1:05.0

comes from Meredith Feynman's new book,

1:08.0

Brag Better, Master the Art of Fearless Self- Promotion.

1:12.0

Some people are over-the-top brag better. the art of fearless self-promotion.

1:13.4

Some people are over-the-top bragarts, but a lot of us suffer from the delusion that good work

1:18.2

speaks for itself.

1:20.2

It can, but often it needs a little amplification.

1:25.2

Feynman talks about a sketch from the Inside Amy Schumer show

1:28.9

when a group of female friends go around complimenting each other.

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