CRITICIZE YOURSELF

Make a list of the fool things you have done, criticize yourself so you can increase your performances.

Napoleon at St. Helen said: “No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy, the cause of my own disastrous fate.” Ben Franklin gave himself a severe going over every night: “what mistakes did I make today? What did I do that was right? What lessons can I learn from that experience?” He discovered that he had thirteen serious faults. Here are three of them: wasting time, stewing around over trifles, arguing and contradicting people. Wise old Ben Franklin realized that, unless he eliminates these handicaps, he wasn’t going to get very far. So he battled with one of his shortcomings every day for a week, and kept a record of who had won each day’s slugging match. The next week, he would pick out another bad habit, put on the gloves, and when the bell rang he would come out of his corner fighting. Franklin kept up this battle with his faults every week for more than two years. No wonder he became one of the best-loved and most influential men the world ever produced.

Elbert Hubbard said: “every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding that limit.”

The small man flies into a rage over the slightest criticism, but the wise man is eager to learn from those who have censured him and reproved him and disputed the passage with him.

Instead of waiting for our enemies to criticize us or our work, let’s beat them to it. Let’s be our own most severe critic. Let’s find and remedy all our weaknesses before our enemies get a chance to say a word.

 

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