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If You’re Not Getting Critics, You’re Doing It Wrong.

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“The more bold you are, the more rejection you’ll experience.” -Todd Henry

You’ll know you’re making progress when the critics come out.

Critics confirm greatness.

This is a lesson that took me years to figure out. For over 4 years, I blogged with nothing to show for it. A huge reason was because I was terrified of criticism, so I constantly edited myself to make sure that “no one could get offended” by what I wrote.

The result? No one got offended or left mean comments.

…But this was mostly because my writing was so lifeless and boring, no one ever read it.

Hooray?

The most successful people in the world usually have the most critics. They’ve made a stand, and committed to a vision that many people won’t like (but some people will love).

It’s easy to be vanilla. Everyone is fine with vanilla. Vanilla gets no complaints.

But very few people are crazy about vanilla.

As long as you’re watering down your true, potent message for the sake of avoiding criticism, you’ll never be able to connect with that group of people that would become…