by Elaina Lyons

Words should carry equal weight, but I assign a much higher value to the negative than I do the positive. I assume the compliment was just someone being polite and the negative is the cold, hard truth.

For some reason, it’s easier to believe the bad than the good.

But why? If it’s so easy to accept that we suck, why can’t we accept that we might actually have some talent?

Everybody’s got an opinion; they aren’t all fact.

I think it’s because when we get a negative comment or a criticism, our inner critics — the ones who say we’ll never make it, that we’re talentless and should just give up — have a field day. They go crazy. They see this as an opportunity to hammer home their point in our brains.

Luckily for us, we can choose not to listen.

Everybody’s got an opinion; they aren’t all fact.

So the next time you get a compliment, remember to give it as much weight as the criticism. Because both are subjective. And at the end of the day, neither really matters as much as what you think of yourself.

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