Rob Manuel Quotes

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

I guess it became easier for me to accept negative comments about my work, my profession - anything work-related because like I said I take them as positive criticisms.

I take the constructive criticism only.

I don't like being told what you're good at. I'd rather hear what I didn't do.

I think you should always be seeking negative feedback.

Do not seek praise. Seek criticism.

I don't care about people kissing my ass or telling me how great I am. I don't really give a damn. I read the bad stuff a whole lot more than I read the good stuff. I read that because there are always going to be critics who are going to say how good you aren't.

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do.

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use.

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I have usually forgotten those who have admired my work, and seldom anyone who disliked it. Obviously, this is because praise is never enough and censure always too much.

Your criticism may be worse than the conduct you are trying to correct.

Actively seek out and listen carefully to negative feedback.

I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.

Sometimes I just think people are haters. And if they're haters, you can listen to what they have to say but you have to take it with a grain of salt.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

When somebody on a professional scale says "you did it wrong," it has a pretty intense impact. If you don't have some kind of opposing force to say, "that's all right, that's their opinion," or, "I may have screwed that one up but I'll do better the next time," then you're screwed.

In any field, it's a plus if you view criticism as potentially helpful advice rather than as a personal attack.

I do have a very wonderful mentor, who helps me and reads my work and criticizes me, all the time. You've gotta have those people, who will tell you the truth and help you. You don't want anyone buttering you up. I want someone to tell me what I can fix. That's what I like.

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.

Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.

Nice criticism is good when it tells you something. A lot of negative "criticism" isn't criticism at all: it's just nasty, "writerly" cliché and invective.

I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.

I think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.

Remember praise is more valuable than blame.

What people say doesn't really matter. It's best to just brush it off and move on.