忠言逆耳
Recall that Gold 90.5 FM commercial some time back?
A father enrolled his son to a tennis course, hoping that one day his son will become the next Agassi. However, the tennis coach outrightly told this father that his son holds the tennis racquet like a dead fish instead of like Agassi and may not the next number 1 in tennis.
Yet, the father chose to operate in selective hearing mode and live in self-delusion. He heard the coach saying that his son "holds the racquet ... like Agassi" and "may ... be the enxt number 1 in tennis."
忠言逆耳，良药苦口。
Why do people only choose to listen to sugar-coated words which does nothing beneficial to your personal development except to make your body laden with glucose and guilt?
Why do people reject one's constructive criticism, albeit unpleasant, when the comments are meant for you to realise your faults and correct them before they snowball into a bigger tumour in your character and personality assessment?
I don't see what's wrong with Simon Cowell blatant comment of "You performed horribly" when a particular contestant from American Idol underperforms. If you suck, you suck. Why try to be discreet about it?
A local playwright once said, "If the play sucks, the audience should leave at any time when they think they cannot bear watching the play anymore instead of enduring it throughout and applause at the end when you don't mean it. By leaving the theatre halfway, the playwright would get the hint and correct his mistakes to produce even better plays in future."
Similarly, if someone has got constructive criticism for you, be it for your portfolio or personal development, you should magnanimously and graciously accept it with thanks, decide for yourself whether are the comments valid and whether you should heed the advice given.
Don't only restrict your ear-drums to only pick up the good news. It doesn't matter if you receive a lot of criticism -- it only means that people care for you and want the best out of you or that your works are worth evaluating. Learning from your mistakes and correct them to prevent history from repeating itself or to prevent a potential apocalypse from occuring.
Good news and praises will make your day. Bad news and criticisms will make you a better person.
A father enrolled his son to a tennis course, hoping that one day his son will become the next Agassi. However, the tennis coach outrightly told this father that his son holds the tennis racquet like a dead fish instead of like Agassi and may not the next number 1 in tennis.
Yet, the father chose to operate in selective hearing mode and live in self-delusion. He heard the coach saying that his son "holds the racquet ... like Agassi" and "may ... be the enxt number 1 in tennis."
忠言逆耳，良药苦口。
Why do people only choose to listen to sugar-coated words which does nothing beneficial to your personal development except to make your body laden with glucose and guilt?
Why do people reject one's constructive criticism, albeit unpleasant, when the comments are meant for you to realise your faults and correct them before they snowball into a bigger tumour in your character and personality assessment?
I don't see what's wrong with Simon Cowell blatant comment of "You performed horribly" when a particular contestant from American Idol underperforms. If you suck, you suck. Why try to be discreet about it?
A local playwright once said, "If the play sucks, the audience should leave at any time when they think they cannot bear watching the play anymore instead of enduring it throughout and applause at the end when you don't mean it. By leaving the theatre halfway, the playwright would get the hint and correct his mistakes to produce even better plays in future."
Similarly, if someone has got constructive criticism for you, be it for your portfolio or personal development, you should magnanimously and graciously accept it with thanks, decide for yourself whether are the comments valid and whether you should heed the advice given.
Don't only restrict your ear-drums to only pick up the good news. It doesn't matter if you receive a lot of criticism -- it only means that people care for you and want the best out of you or that your works are worth evaluating. Learning from your mistakes and correct them to prevent history from repeating itself or to prevent a potential apocalypse from occuring.
Good news and praises will make your day. Bad news and criticisms will make you a better person.
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