Totally, it took me ages to learn to accept compliments. There's a way to do it graciously that makes the other person feel good to, so its a great talent to develop. But I did not get taught this life stuff at school (granted it was a few decades ago) Hell even responding with a smile is a step.... I used to scowl. "what, are you crazy?" and made the other person feel bad for saying it.... cool that you were reading a book on etiquette!