• Just Some Thoughts

    Dangerous Compliments #3

    As a person who creates, you’re bound to get feedback. Both good and bad. But over the years I found that there’s a type of feedback that falls in a gray area between these two extremes. They’re called compliments. Although they’re usually well meaning, some can be deadly to one’s sense of self and productivity. Over the next several blogs, I want to delve into dangerous compliments that can kill creativity, how to spot them and what to do with them. You can read the previous two posts here and here. I thought I’d end this thread with a compliment that sounds the most harmless. Here’s #3: “You’re so talented.”…