You can respect the attempt even when the outcome deserves correction.

You can respect the courage and effort behind an attempt while being clear-eyed that the result needs fixing. Collapsing the two leads either to defending bad outcomes out of loyalty to the effort, or to dismissing the effort because the outcome was poor. Both cost you something.

When reviewing your own work or someone else’s, say the two things separately: the attempt was worth making, and here is what needs to change. The separation makes the correction easier to hear and easier to give.