We’ve all been there before... You’re in the middle of a job interview, a coffee meeting with a potential client, a sales pitch, or just a lunch with a few colleagues and you start rambling. You go on ...

"Critical Criticism in the Form of a Master-Bookbinder", Or Critical Criticism As Herr Reichardt Critical Criticism, however superior to the mass it deems itself, nevertheless has boundless pity for ...

"However, when criticism shows up too often, it can slowly chip away at emotional trust." Understanding the signs you're ...

No one likes criticism. Even those who criticize feel burdened by their perceived "need" to do it. All my critical clients in the past 40 years have been at least intuitively aware that criticism is a ...

My presentation went terribly. I'm not cut out for this job. What I said was so stupid. People must think I’m an idiot. I'm a bad parent. I look so fat in these pants. These are just a few examples of ...

Constructive criticism can benefit professionals in every industry. Gaining a clearer perspective on their performance can help a person grow if they’re open to the input. However, there’s a ...

Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2008. xi + 317 pp. $35 hc. This book has been a long time coming. For those who have read Csicsery-Ronay ...