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 Ask someone you trust. You are putting your work in the hands of another to judge. That requires trust. Describe what you want. Say “I am concerned about structure,” or “I think it is too long,” or “I was trying to be provocative, but I may have overdone it.” This allows your critic to concentrate on particular issues you are concerned about. Be confident. Confident people ask for feedback because they know they can do better. They know they will learn from the feedback. But they also know what they are good at. Understand the difference between “this is flawed” and “you are flawed.” Once you have created the work, the work is not you, and you are not the work. You and the person giving the critique are working to make the work better, together. This is how you can accept criticism without feeling hurt. It’s not an easy habit to develop, but developing it is essential. Don’t accept emotional critiques. Critics shouldn’t be mean, but they sometimes are. Distill the useful feedback ...

knowledge of the complexities of the mind’s operations is constantly evolving as new tools become available to literally see inside the mind or indirectly assess its workings. Still, some principles of behavior are well-established: • The preeminent goal of any organism is to stay alive. To that end, the brain functions as a prediction machine, constantly scanning the environment for clues to what will come next, so an individual can exert some means of control and stay safe. • In its preference for certainty over uncertainty (which makes us feel uncomfortable and anxious), the mind seeks to detect patterns—and it’s sometimes too good at it, seeing them where they don’t exist. The blog that I chose does indeed fit the genre i'm aiming for. It helps catch a better understanding of what therapist do and how they do it.