Compliment is Motivation

Have we ever get a compliment?, How it feels, happy of course. Whoever the person must have felt happy when he received praise. Pleasure from the praise that we get it usually makes us feel the spirit in our souls. Influence psychology of a compliment to us, giving a new passion and spirit for us to do something better, at least equal to what we have done so we get a compliment. Consciously or unconsciously, compliments provide motivation to those who earn praise. Compliment is motivation. Let’s look further on this matter.

What is the real meaning of such tests?. In a fundamental sense, is the phrase or words of praise given to a person / group of persons on the basis of the benefits or advantages possessed person / group of people is related to positive values and virtues that can be perceived by other people. Compliments are the recognition of the advantages or superiority of a person / group of people from other people in a community. In the standpoint of “praise”, the benefits or advantages mentioned regarding the virtues will be positive. In that sense, no praise is given to the person who has the advantage of negative values or values of crime. Kindness is perceived by others in a community will reap praise from members of the community to people who do such good. From this understanding, we can draw the conclusion that compliment very closely with the value of kindness.

Back to the understanding of the “praise is (as) motivation”, then a praise that is given should be able to motivate someone who won acclaim for can defend the values of kindness he had. Even the praise it receives, can enhance these virtues.The effect of a real compliment not only to motivate the people who get the praise. But also its impact to the community or a society where people are located. It is possible occurs when the value of kindness someone has a benefit to others.

For a small neighborhood community of households, when we used to give praise that is proportional to the other family members, then each family member that clearance can compliment will feel happy and appreciated the value of the good that he did. As an illustrative example, a child who is helping us in completing simple work at home, we give praise to him for help. Words of thanks for your help, or saying “extraordinary are you doing”, actually make the child feel happy and trying to finish the job with more aggressive and better. Results of homework completed by the ordinary course of our children, when he was given praise, will add excitement in doing his job and trying to do it better than ever. Feel valued and respected for the results, is on the effects of a psychologically motivating compliment.

Compliment is sincere and honest expression of one’s superiority in providing good value to others. Make praise as motivation to build on the values of goodness in oneself and in our social life. Do not make a compliment as an expression that is not sincere and honest. Because praise is feared will be a trap for someone to feel proud and haughty because getting a compliment.
Compliments can be a good motivation, but also praise can be poisonous to people who earn excessive praise, because praise given is pretense, and not given sincerely.

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