> I agree with this but I have to admit it is hard as hell to practice.
You may want to self-analyze your need to criticize. What is criticizing satisfying in you? It must be something otherwise you wouldn't have the urge to do it.
It varies from person to person, but for a lot of academic (and perhaps tech) folks, there is a strong history in their training to be correct (in both research and classes) - therefore they are hyperaware of things that seem off.
In the work environment, though, the focus is on being useful, which has overlap with correctness, but the two occasionally differ. A lot of times such people tend to be correct but not useful. Pointing out a flaw in something where there would be no significant impact were the flaw absent is the opposite of being useful.
Unfortunately, people in the audience often get fooled by this and give the comment more weight than it deserves.
You may want to self-analyze your need to criticize. What is criticizing satisfying in you? It must be something otherwise you wouldn't have the urge to do it.
It varies from person to person, but for a lot of academic (and perhaps tech) folks, there is a strong history in their training to be correct (in both research and classes) - therefore they are hyperaware of things that seem off.
In the work environment, though, the focus is on being useful, which has overlap with correctness, but the two occasionally differ. A lot of times such people tend to be correct but not useful. Pointing out a flaw in something where there would be no significant impact were the flaw absent is the opposite of being useful.
Unfortunately, people in the audience often get fooled by this and give the comment more weight than it deserves.