‘This feels like a roasting’
‘It’s not, stop it’
‘Look how angry he’s getting’
‘He’s not angry, he’s just animated’
‘You are definitely getting roasted right now’
‘I am not, now shut up!’
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The petulant child within us loves to take comments personally.
Its cries of outrage will put up a good fight but the longer we can keep the emotions at bay, the better our chances are of adopting an objective viewpoint. And an objective viewpoint is always more productive than an emotional one.
Thomas Duggan 