THE DAILY SPARK

Nothing important is for everyone.  When we encounter a thoughtful critic, we need to quickly understand who is speaking to us.  If the work we made was intended for someone just like this, and they don't like it, we need to do a better job next time.  The criticism will help us understand how to improve.  But if the work we made wasn't for someone with the hopes, needs and expectations of the person we're hearing from, we can forgive ourselves (and them) by acknowledging who it's for and why.Source:  Seth Godin's Daily BlogREFLECTION:Do you try to please everyone?Do you consider the source of criticism or is criticism criticism?Do you need to do a better job of discerning your audience?

The book in the background is titled: Take the Wind and Adjust Your Sails... "It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.”It's not the answers that open the mind, it's the questions.Quote by Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's FearREFLECTION:How curious are you?Do you have more answers than questions?Do you give more answers (advice) than asking questions?What more effective advice/answers or questions?Practice asking more questions!

Reasons come first, answers come second.Quote by Jim RohnREFLECTION:Do you focus on the how to first before being clear on your why?If your reasons are weak, you will most likely give up when the going gets tough. But if you have a strong reason why you'll stay motivated ... accomplish things you thought were impossible.What is a why you are wrestling with?