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I agree with this, especially the part about working to build inner authenticity first. An abrupt remark isn't relevant to the success you may need help to pr
by robbintt 4y ago
I agree with this, especially the part about working to build inner authenticity first. An abrupt remark isn't relevant to the success you may need help to produce. Being a jerk also isn't acceptable, though. There may have been a better followup story where the guy recognized he was being unconstructively critical. Maybe it got cut.
If your mind understood this story, the same narrative style is used in the classic book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.
- darkerside 4y agoThe whole point of the story is how irrelevant the abrupt remark was in the broader context of the higher purpose they were both trying to achieve. Why did he react that way? Maybe he is a jerk. Maybe he had a bad day. Maybe he was frustrated because the paper was truly terrible. We don't know, and it doesn't matter. What matters is the end product accomplished the higher goal that they both wanted.