Explain Why a Small Compliment Landed Harder Than a Big One

Someone mentioned one specific thing you did well, and it has stayed with you longer than every generic 'you're amazing' you've ever been told. This explains why specificity lands and generality doesn't, and what that means for the compliments you hand out to other people too.

Someone gave you a small, specific compliment recently (a passing comment about one thing you did) and it has stuck with you more than a bigger, more general one (well done, you're amazing) ever has. Explain, in plain terms, why specificity lands harder than generality: what it signals about being genuinely noticed versus politely praised, and why generic praise is easy to dismiss but a small precise one is harder to argue with. Apply it to {THE_COMPLIMENT} if named, and end with one sentence about what this means for how you give compliments to other people.