Can’t agree more about the technical points (category error etc), and then the unexpected switch to the value of receiving constructive criticism as a gift not an attack.
Myself, I’m definitely conditioned to receive it as an attack. I’m trying to break this habit. This morning I gave some extensive feedback to some friends who have a startup. The whole time I was writing it, I was stressing out that they’d feel attacked, because that’s how I might take similar criticism.
How was it actually received? A mix I think. Some people explicitly received it as a gift, and others I’m not so sure.
Can’t agree more about the technical points (category error etc), and then the unexpected switch to the value of receiving constructive criticism as a gift not an attack.
Myself, I’m definitely conditioned to receive it as an attack. I’m trying to break this habit. This morning I gave some extensive feedback to some friends who have a startup. The whole time I was writing it, I was stressing out that they’d feel attacked, because that’s how I might take similar criticism.
How was it actually received? A mix I think. Some people explicitly received it as a gift, and others I’m not so sure.