Results from a compliment depend on where they come from in a person and to where they go in the receiver.
I personally cannot stand compliments from this high ego driven woman in our community who is an attention seeking social butterfly who feels she is on top of the world and better than everyone else.
When she pats me on the back with her words of flattery I actually feel invaded or robbed by her approval and punching my ticket No one needs that.
On the other hand if a sincere old heimishe woman stops me in the bank and just says a soft sincere word such as your looking very good these days, it actually makes me feel nice.