The Top Ten Features of Skilled Receivers

1. Receivers know how to accept a compliment graciously and are genuinely pleased to receive it.

2. Receivers regularly express gratitude.

3. Receivers attention is on the present rather than the dwelling on the past or fretting about the future.

4. Receivers are good listeners.

5. Receivers are observant.

6. Receivers define a “good person” as a whole person rather than as someone who places others’ needs above their own.

7. Receivers do not enable people.

8. Receivers know when to cease activity and listen or ask for guidance.

9. Receivers utilize data in their environment to help them make decisions.

10. Receivers don’t complain.