Take the compliment. Brushing it off isn’t humble. It’s arguing with someone who was being nice to you.

Deflecting a compliment puts the other person in an odd position. They offered something, and now they have to either defend it or drop it, when all they wanted was to say a nice thing. It can also read as a request for more, which is the opposite of what you meant. Two words end it cleanly and leave the kindness where it was aimed.

For the next week, answer every compliment with thank you and nothing else. No explaining the flaws, no it was mostly luck, no returning it immediately out of reflex. It feels strange for about three days and then it feels normal.