Praising friends is an excellent way for a shy person to make contact. When a shy person is walking to greet another person, he is usually thinking about himself and dreading the contact. If he walks toward the other person finding something to compliment, he will have a hard time keeping his attention on himself.

Again, we are not talking about the insincere compliments of the manipulators of the world. That grows old quickly.

you have a good point.
Will try that,
sometimes i get unnecessarily shy[color=#990000][/color] around friends, associates and even family!