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Constructive Criticism

"Criticism," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, "should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring--a ...


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Verbal Abuse

The angry word is a blow struck at our brother, a stab at his heart: it seeks to hit, to hurt, and to destroy. A deliberate insult is worse, for we openly ...


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Failing at Divorce

A woman came to a lawyer and said, "I want to get a divorce. I really hate my husband, and I want to hurt him. Give me some advice." In addition ...


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Brutal Honesty

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.


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Correction vs. Criticism

Expecting the precise scalpel of correction, we can get the blunt ax of criticism.


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Welcome Criticism

Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating ...


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A Complimentary Angle

At a wedding reception, I overheard a man being introduced to an attractive woman he had not met before. He said to her, "I don't know how old ...


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Spiritual Boasting

Spiritual things are not to be boasted of. One can boast of worldly riches, and the paper money will not fly away unspent nor will the amount magically ...


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No Excuses

In his book with Ken Blanchard, Everyone's a Coach, Don Shula tells of losing his temper near an open microphone during a televised game with the ...


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Marriage Pecked Apart

The space shuttle Discovery was grounded recently--not by technical difficulties or lack of government funding, but by woodpeckers. Yellow-shafted flicker ...


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