Constructive Criticism

People like to say: “I’m just making these criticisms for your good. They are constructive criticisms.” Are they, really?

In fact, no criticism is “constructive”. The real objective of criticism is this: to criticize, to destroy even. Few people are interested in helping in this world driven by envy and vanity. If you hear that famous phrase: “Let me make a constructive criticism …”, get away from the would-be “Samaritan” who is eager to criticize.

Any job needs a moment of peace to be accomplished, away from eyes and minds anxious to criticize. The mind loves to analyze, compare and, the nectar of the gods, criticize, through “constructive criticism” and other human addictions. So, in the beginning, keep your work away from criticism. They will come, eventually. But at the right time and, preferably, made by people who really want to improve your work.

The first instinct of those who observe someone with a better standard of living is to compare it to their own. If the latter is inferior, the natural tendency is to want to deconstruct what the other has done, so that he returns to the same socioeconomic level as the person who observes from the outside. People at higher socioeconomic levels hurt the ego of certain individuals. Hence the attempt to deconstruct the other or his work, mainly through criticism.

Sometimes, so-called constructive criticism is actually destructive criticism, with the clear aim of undermining the other.