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When To Ignore Criticism

Lessons I didn't want to learn

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John Wiswell
Sep 03, 2025
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Greetings, fellow humans! Like many homo sapiens, I get tense about feedback. There’s conflict aversion, and self-esteem, and the uncertainty of how apt a critique is. It’s so easy to get lost in the nerves, such that you feel extensively about the feedback without actually thinking much about it. I know because, as a human, I’ve done it myself.

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