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Originally Posted by Mnemosyne  I don't have great hair, skin or looks. I don't buy really expensive clothes just to fit in. For the most part I'm okay with my appearance, I know there's certain things about myself that are in my power to change, and other things that are beyond my power to change. I don't have antlers or anything, but I'll never be a model of physical beauty. It's something I know and deal with everyday, not a big deal.
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It goes beyond beauty-related compliments. I'm a Business Intelligence consultant in the IT industry. I was the team-lead on my last project, and the project pretty much failed. Some of the reasons it failed were way out of my control, but there were a few key items that I could have handled *much* better. So when someone says that I did a great job on that project, how can I believe that? They're probably just saying that to flatter me, because I messed up big time. |
Hi Mnem,
Don't know if you'll check back here or not, but reading this I got the strong sense that you could benefit from mirror work, described by Louise Hay in "You Can Heal Your Life". It's basically a method of learning to love yourself by doing affirmations while looking at yourself in the mirror. She says that every time you pass by a mirror, you should say "I love you, I really love you" to your reflection while looking into your own eyes. People have a really hard time with this at first!
I can think of lots of other reasons people would say nice things to you!
Best of luck!