4.2.15 Brené Brown and Roosevelt on Critics

Brene' Brown encourages the "sweaty creatives", to ignore their nervousness, to be brave enough to put their vulnerability on display, to share their creativity, to show up and be seen, knowing all the while, that by doing so, they WILL get their ass kicked, because that is the consequence of courage.

And, to tell those who are not in the arena, those who are not also being vulnerable, being courageous and getting their asses kicked (see Theodore Roosevelt's quote below), that you are not interested in their feedback. Constructive information? Bring it on.... Creatives do enjoy learning and expanding their skill and perspectives.

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly" - Theodore Roosevelt