If you see excellence, don't hold back your compliments!

A compliment exhorts, endorses, and encourages one to reach higher goals. Photo: 123rf.com

Flattery is a bad idea. It is shallow, empty, insincere, and usually comes with an ulterior motive. So it is best forgotten as soon as it is heard lest we get a false sense of accomplishment and diminish ourselves.

But compliments exhort, endorse, and encourage one to reach higher goals. They expand the heart and underscore humanity. We compliment someone when we admire their achievement, progress, special skill or talent.