Haters want you smaller. Critics want the work better. Learn to tell them apart before you block both.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Both sound similar from a distance and want opposite things. One is aimed at you and has no suggestion in it, because being useful was never the point. The other is aimed at the thing you made and usually comes with a specific complaint. Blocking everything protects you from the first and costs you the second, which is the expensive half.

Run each comment through one question: is there anything here I could do differently. If yes, keep the note and ignore the tone it came in. If no, you owe it nothing, and letting it go is not the same as being unable to take criticism.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Who criticizes you because they want your work better?

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