Some criticism will be honest, some won't. Some praise you will deserve, some you won't. You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. John Wooden

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When someone does something well, applaud! You will make two people happy. Samuel Goldwyn

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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. Haim Ginott

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I will laud my enemies and they will become friends; I will encourage my friends and they will become brothers. Always will I dig for reasons to applaud; never will I scratch for excuses to gossip. When I am tempted to criticize I will bite my tongue; when I am moved to praise I will shout from the roofs. Og Mandino

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• encouragement
• people skills
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• gossip

Reprove a friend in secret, but praise him before others. Leonardo da Vinci

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