Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Corny Title; Compliment the Chef

We're coded to not build someone up too much with praise and compliments and while that's true and we all know spoiled kids and adults who think they deserve it all, it seems to me the opposite is the bigger target, depression and suicide now globally one of the single greatest sources of disability adjusted life years, deaths of despair spiraling out of control in the richest country on the planet, so maybe we should err on the side of dishing out too much, of making someone feel good, telling them they're smart or cute or whatever and guess what you might get a smile or a thanks or realize you made them feel good and if they go home and yell at their parents for not spending $2000 on a new PC for them well that is clearly bad, but if they go home to their room glowing and looking fondly upon an interaction that they seemingly lack all too much, well that is clearly good, and when most people hate their job, and are trying to fix their existence with way after way out, maybe a compliment won't cause someone to inflate and float away, it'll just simply get them back on solid ground.

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