How To Stop People Pleasing
She advocates for depersonalizing criticism by viewing it objectively rather than as a judgment of character, arguing that true freedom comes from living according to one's own principles regardless of others' opinions.summaryCriticism is often a projection of the giver's insecurities rather than an objective assessment; most people are too self-absorbed to provide genuine constructive advice.takeaway“Criticism is intrinsically hard to accept because... we tend to consider the criticism a judgment of our inherent abilities rather than our objective performance.”quote
