Why We Give Criticism

In the context of poor communication, criticizing is when you knock someone down for the wrong reasons: to hurt someone, to vent your frustrations or to boost your ego.

It’s easy enough for someone to get defensive when they’re given constructive criticism. But when your criticism co...

• We are all social creatures, susceptible to say something that may offend others.
• We blurt out stuff, and it is at most a harmless mistake to us, but words hurt others more than anything.
• The wound our words make is an internal one and as needs a ‘repair’ ...

• Seneca tells us that we should each have our own Cato - a great and noble person we can allow into our minds and use to guide our actions. It doesn't have to be an actual person, just someone who, like Seneca said, can stand witness to our behavior. Someone who can quietly admonish us if we ...