Study - Americans and Compliments

 Giving someone a compliment is an easy way to spread positivity but a lot of us aren't great at receiving them. 

A new study found receiving compliments is uncomfortable for 70% of Americans and it reveals why.

Key findings:

• Reasons Americans are uncomfortable receiving compliments: 1. Dislike being the center of attention, 2. Low self-esteem, 3. Fear of appearing arrogant
• Mississippi, Louisiana, and Washington are the best states at receiving compliments.
• The top preferred compliment by women is kindness (20%) and men is intelligence (20%).
• Almost half, 49%, feel the need to immediately return a compliment after receiving one which leads to no surprise that 41% also admit to giving compliments they don't actually mean.
• Millennials are most likely to give a compliment they don't mean, followed by Gen Z, Gen X, and then boomers.

You can find out where Americans are the worst at getting and giving compliments here.