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Because giving praise is a judgment that is passed by a person of ability onto a person without ability.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

While praise may amplify a work by cheering a creator along, it may also muffle it by keeping the creator from necessary improvements. Criticism can daze and discourage us, or coax or goad us.
Joshua Wolf Shenk • Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs
If you remind me of a scam, it will take a long time to undo that initial impression. That’s precisely why so many logos of big companies look the same. It’s not laziness. The designers are trying to remind you of a solid company. That’s the work of “reminds me of.” You can do it with intent.
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Always looking for approval and wanting to avoid disapproval, this subtle ego-mind sees a compliment as a potential criticism. It reasons, “If the pro is pleased with one kind of performance, he will be displeased by the opposite. If he likes me for doing well, he will dislike me for not doing well.” The standard of good and bad had been establishe
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