Interpersonal Skills

“The generous Critic fann’d the Poet’s fire, And taught the world with reason to admire.” — Edgar Allan Poe Criticism and critics can cut you down or build you up depending on how you react. The choice is yours. Personally, I like to use it as a feedback loop for improvement where possible. I get …

“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” — Aristotle How do you slow down or turn around critics, criticism and hecklers? Find a way to agree. Nothing takes the wind out of the sails of an aggressive critic faster. From experience, I’ve seen speakers effectively take the wind out of their heckler’s sails …