Little Happier: The Only Thing Worse Than Getting Corrected Is Not Getting Corrected

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Lemonada Media

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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It’s not pleasant to be criticized, but I remind myself, “The only thing worse that getting criticized is not getting criticized.” Criticism shows that someone thinks that work is worthy of correction. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Follow on social media: @GretchenRubin on YouTube @GretchenRubin on TikTok @GretchenRubin on Instagram @GretchenRubin on Threads Get the podcast show notes by email every week: happiercast.com/shownotes Get Gretchen Rubin’s newest book Life in Five Senses to see how she discovered a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. Now available - order here. Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts— Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This Winter, memberships will never be the same again.
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0:18.0	Geographic restrictions and teasencies apply 18 plus.
0:20.0	I'm Gretchen Rubin and this is a little happier. A while back I had dinner with my daughter
0:25.9	Eliza and one of her friends from college. This friend wanted to be an actor so we were talking
0:31.6	about her college acting classes. She told me some students were very serious
0:36.2	about acting like me and some people were taking acting classes just for fun. With me my professor was pretty harsh and gave me a lot of criticism. With the other
0:46.5	kids, he just told them, good job. This observation reminded me of something I heard from a professional ballet dancer.
0:55.0	In ballet, you get corrections.
0:57.7	And he explained, you want corrections.
1:00.9	Corrections show they're paying attention to you. If an instructor is down on the floor
1:05.3	turning your foot, they care. If they leave you alone and tell you to stand in the
1:09.6	back row, they don't care. My sister Elizabeth, who is a Hollywood writer and producer,
1:15.4	often complains about getting notes from the studio and executives because
1:21.2	there's often a lot of work involved in addressing those notes.
1:25.0	But she says, the only thing worse than getting notes is not getting notes.
1:30.0	If they don't give any notes, they don't care about the project.
1:34.0	Often criticism is a sign of respect and interest.
1:38.1	Giving criticism is a demanding task.
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