“We like to think that the smarter a person is, the higher he ascends up the ladder of success, and the less susceptible that individual is to flattery.
In fact, the opposite seems to be the case. People of high self-esteem and accomplishment generally see the praise directed at them as shrewd judgment rather than flattery.”
It doesn’t always work, of course. And most people in positions of power like to believe they have built in, ah, baloney detectors. But no boss is entirely immune to flattery.
If art lies in concealing art, what is the key to success? What makes a human content, or do we always want more? They say that a bee is never as busy as it seems; it’s just that it can’t buzz any slower. Us people have professionalism rooted deep inside us. Flattery is one way people get by, or in other words PR. It is not the qualities that we have acquired all our lives, it is how well we have learnt to please other people.
The levels of hierarchy in a business or an institution are best where one flatters the one above them; it seems to be like an endless chain of nonsense!
Like the other day us friends were sitting at college and this random girl comes up to me telling me I am a ‘handsome lad’, I mean what did she expect me to do, make her sit in my lap and tell my other friends that she means the world to me. It was pretty obvious how she just wanted to fit into our group, and trust me some of my friends actually fell for it. It’s an art these days, to flatter people and turn your way.
There are 101 flattering ideas, but the key to the lock must be the correct one. If your friend is going away for a few days, tell her that you are worried about her so you have organized a bodyguard to look after her. Then give her a small teddy bear.
But one knows we he is just flattering for the sense pleasing, my friend bought a stylish hand mirror and gave it to her partner as a gift. Include a card in the box saying “In