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| < P > E v e r y b o d y i s w a i t i n g f o r h i s o r h e r m o m e n t o f g l o r y , a m o m e n t w h e n h i s o r h e r s k i l l s w i l l b e r e c o g n i z e d a n d a s s e s s e d a c c o r d i n g t o w o r k t h a t i s d o n e . A n d h e r e y o u s t a n d i n f r o n t o f t h e a u d i e n c e , f u l l o f p r i d e f o r w h a t y o u v e a c c o m p l i s h e d a n d r e a l l y w i l l i n g t o a c c e p t t h a t l o n g c h e r i s h e d a w a r d . B u t o n e o f t h e s p e c t a t o r s o r j o u r n a l i s t s a s k s a q u e s t i o n a n d y o u g i v e t h e n e e d e d a n s w e r . T h e r e i s a r o a r i n t h e h a l l a n d y o u u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e w o r s t , y o u v e b e e n w a i t i n g f o r , i s c o m i n g t r u e . Y o u u n d e r s t a n d t h a t y o u a r e c r i t i c i z e d . T h i s i s t h e w o r s e t h a n d e a t h t h i n g t h a t h a p p e n s c o n s t a n t l y , n o m a t t e r h o w h a r d y o u t r y t o a v o i d i t . < / P > < P > T h e r e i s n o p e r s o n t h a t h a s n e v e r b e e n c r i t i c i z e d i n h i s / h e r l i f e . I t i s a w e l l - k n o w n f a c t t h a t c r i t i c i s m i s a b i g m o t i v a t o r f o r a p e r s o n t o m o v e f o r w a r d a n d a c h i e v e m o r e b u t i t h a p p e n s s o t h a t i t h e l p s t o d e s t r o y t h e l a s t h o p e i n h u m a n h e a r t t o g a i n r e c o g n i t i o n . D u e t o s o m e p s y c h o l o g i c a l t r i f l e s t h a t m a k e u s d i f f e r e n t f r o m o t h e r s w e f e e l t h a t w e a k p o i n t w h e n i t i s s u i t a b l e t o c r o s s t h e l i n e a n d b e r e a d y t o p r o v o k e a r i v a l t o m a k e a m i s t a k e a n d t h e n g i v e v e n t t o c r i t i c i s m , t h a t w o r d b y w o r d b r e a k s p e o p l e s s e l f - c o n f i r m a t i o n a n d d e s i r e t o p r o v e h i s r i g h t . I t i s q u i t e e a s y t o h u r t a p e r s o n s o i t i s e a s y t o c r i t i c i z e . O n e j u s t f e e l s a s a d i s t i c d e l i g h t i n m i x i n g s o m e o n e w i t h d i r t u n d e r f o o t . < / P > < P > I t i s q u i t e o b v i o u s t h a t i t s h o u l d b e v e r y e a s y t o p l a y w i t h o n e s e m o t i o n s a n d f e e l i n g s . I t s e e m s d i f f i c u l t t o s p o t a p e r s o n t h a t i s n t v u l n e r a b l e t o c r i t i c i s m . T h e o n l y t h i n g t h a t m a t t e r s i s t h e r e a c t i o n o f a p e r s o n t o c r i t i c i s m . I s h e g o i n g t o b u r s t i n t o t e a r s , o r h o l l e r b a c k i n a n x i e t y o r c a l m l y a c c e p t y o u r a r g u m e n t s w i t h o u t f l i n c h i n g ? O n e w a y o r a n o t h e r , i t i s q u i t e e a s y t o c r i t i c i z e a n y b o d y t o y o u r o w n p r o f i t o r j u s t b e c a u s e o f y o u r n e g a t i v e a t t i t u d e . < / P > < P > B u t o n e w h o d o e s s o m e t h i n g w i t h o u t t h i n k i n g h a s t o s u f f e r t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s . T h e p e r s o n w h o m y o u c r i t i c i z e w i l l b e m o r e t h a n w i l l i n g t o r e v e n g e a n d t h a t m e a n s t h a t y o u s h o u l d b e a w a r e o f h i m b e i n g y o u r e n e m y a n d w a t c h o u t f o r s e t u p s a n d p o s s i b l e w a y s t o b e m i s t a k e n . B u t i s i t d i f f i c u l t t o c r i t i c i z e i f y o u a r e t h e o n e t o b e a v i c t i m ? N o w a d a y s a b i l i t y t o c r i t i c i z e e v e r y b o d y i s v e r y o f t e n m e t b u t t h e a b i l i t y t o b e a v i c t i m o f y o u r c r i t i c i s m y o u r s e l f i s i n d e e d v e r y r a r e a n d r e q u i r e s a l o t o f e f f o r t , s t a m i n a a n d s t r o n g w i l l . U s u a l l y p e o p l e w h o a r e a b l e t o c r i t i c i z e t h e i r w o r k a r e m o r e s u c c e s s f u l t h a n t h o s e , w h o r e j e c t t h e i r p o s s i b i l i t y t o b e m i s t a k e n . I t i s q u i t e n e c e s s a r y t o l e a r n t o c r i t i c i z e y o u r s e l f i n o r d e r t o p r o f i t f r o m i t . < / P > < P > N o w w e g o t a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e i n f l u e n c e o f c r i t i c i s m o n a p e r s o n . B u t i f y o u r i n t e n t i o n s a r e q u i t e n o b l e a n d y o u w a n t t o s p o t s o m e b o d y s m i s t a k e i n o r d e r t o p r e v e n t i t f r o m h a p p e n i n g a g a i n , y o u h a v e t o l e a r n t h e g e n t l e w a y o f e x p r e s s i n g y o u r o p i n i o n . Y o u e v e n c a n d o i t i n w r i t i n g , a s a r e c o m m e n d a t i o n o r a s m a l l g u i d e l i n e . W r i t i n g a c r i t i c a l e s s a y i s a l s o a w a y o u t . B u t t h e r e a r e a l o t o f t h i n g s t o c o n s i d e r . Y o u d o n t w a n t y o u r a d v i c e s o u n d t o o o f f e n s i v e s o y o u s h o u l d o m i t s t r o n g v e r b s a n d p h r a s e s a n d t r y t o m a k e t h e s e n s e o f y o u r c r e a t i o n e a s i e r f o r t h e r e a d e r t o a b s o r b . T h e r e h a s t o b e n o m u s t , o r o u g h t t o , o n l y m i l d a d v i c e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g . T h e r e a r e a l o t o f o t h e r p e c u l i a r i t i e s a b o u t c r i t i c a l e s s a y s , t h a t o n e s h o u l d l e a r n . < / P > < P > Y o u r g e s t u r e s h a v e a l s o t o b e m o d e r a t e a n d n o t e x u b e r a n t . Y o u m a y e x u d e s e l f - c o n f i d e n c e b u t i t w i l l i n s u l t y o u r f r i e n d o r j u s t a p e r s o n y o u t r y t o c r i t i c i z e . C r i t i c a l e s s a y s m a y b e h e l p f u l i n e x p r e s s i n g n o t o n l y d i s a g r e e m e n t w i t h a c t i o n s t h o u g h t s a n d s o o n , b u t a l s o i n e x p r e s s i n g y o u r a t t i t u d e t o w a r d s s e r i o u s m a t t e r s t h a t y o u d o n t a g r e e w i t h . A s w e s e e , i t m a y o n l y s o u n d e a s y t o d r a i n t h e l a s t d r o p o f c o n f i d e n c e o u t o f s o m e b o d y a n d l e t h i m / h e r d o w n . B u t i t i s v e r y d i f f i c u l t t o u s e c r i t i c s f o r g r e a t e r g o o d a n d s t a y a w a y f r o m i n s u l t a n d f u r t h e r t r o u b l e . I f t o f o l l o w a d v i c e s t a t e d a b o v e y o u c a n s h o w y o u r t h o u g h t s i n r a t h e r c r e a t i v e w a y a n d m a k e a p e r s o n c o r r e c t n e e d e d p o i n t s a n d m o v e t o w a r d s b e t t e r r e s u l t s . < / P > |
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Author Bio:
Tyler Benson is a eminent columnist. Tyler likes to write articles about this subject. |
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