Re:Ask HN: Advice on dealing with criticism
by DanielBMarkham on Wednesday October 01, 2008 @09:04AM
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Remember that running a business is about risk -- making decisions with imperfect information.
There are lots of risks. If you get tied up too much in worrying about them all you won't get anything accomplished.
I think part of maturing is being able to sort out what problems to act on and what to ignore. This is probably an acquired taste. In other words, take as much criticism as you can and then ignore them. Over time, you'll be able to deal with more and more negativity without it screwing you up. That's where you want to be -- able to handle all of the possible problems and still being optimistic about what you're doing. That's the spot you can grow from.
But heck if I would want a dozen or more people critiquing me all the time. I'd rather use a forum like this every now and then to critique the big issues instead of getting a running stream of advice.
There are lots of risks. If you get tied up too much in worrying about them all you won't get anything accomplished.
I think part of maturing is being able to sort out what problems to act on and what to ignore. This is probably an acquired taste. In other words, take as much criticism as you can and then ignore them. Over time, you'll be able to deal with more and more negativity without it screwing you up. That's where you want to be -- able to handle all of the possible problems and still being optimistic about what you're doing. That's the spot you can grow from.
But heck if I would want a dozen or more people critiquing me all the time. I'd rather use a forum like this every now and then to critique the big issues instead of getting a running stream of advice.