Urgency in Compliment

Sometimes we Malaysian, or to a certain extent, Asian, are a bit lacking in giving compliments. The jokes about Asian parents that when their child comes home with 98% exam marks, they will ask where did the 2% went too. Then there’s also compliment given, but a bit too late.

I realised this when I myself feel that I have given a bit of effort and completed quite a good job, that I felt like asking, “Did I do a good job?”. The circle came back to me when my child came to me and asked whether he has been good and did a good job that day. It struck me that I was too slow in recognising the effort and giving the recognition it required. I try to prevent this from happening, and I think there’s an urgency in giving compliment, right when we realised it.

Of course there’s the problem of praise abundant, so much so that it becomes less valued, but that is another topic. For now, I’ll just practice to give compliments.

So, thank you for reading. (Id est, this is a compliment, for taking the time to read my blog).