• You can’t control what sort of criticism you receive, but you can control how you react to it. - Austin Kleon

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes — including you.

This is actually a good thing, because you want attention only after you’re doing really good work.

I had a professor in college who returned our graded essays, walked up to the chalkboard, and wrote in huge letters: “SO WHAT?” She threw the piece of chalk down and said, “Ask yourself that every time you turn in a piece of writing.” It’s a lesson I never forgot.