Good point Mike, although if i may, i'll give a slightly different perspective (not referring to *any* of the earlier posts or with reference to any person - my comment is solely a response to your statement):
Encouragement is perhaps equally valuable if not more. Hearing an opinion from anyone (and it is just an opinion albeit, sometimes based in more experience) can be really valuable, it's always worth considering and then discarding if need be... but if it comes from a really negative place (egotistical, know-it-all, you have no idea, i'm the king of the world types) then it's not even considered - and the person giving it has wasted his time and the other person's time. It's *always* worth trying to understand the context the question is coming from, and then responding in a way that can be understood. If after all, we *only cared* about "hard facts as we see them" (according to our experience) - then each schoolteacher would be yelling at every school kid all day... and i for one don't think that would produce good results :) On a separate note, i think we can learn a HUGE amount from dog trainers... you'll be amazed at how totally *positive* driven training is... it's got there as positivity bought forth much better results... i think we can learn a lot from that. Having said that, absolutely, one needs to give their opinion, factually, unmasked and as they see it, but it *is possible* to do it without yelling / screaming as that usually never gets the point across... :) On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Mike Gardiner <m...@limerocket.com> wrote: > Elly some of the most valuable advice will be things you dont want to hear > and at these early stages you dont need to be inspired and patted on the > back you need people telling you how it is. > > Cheers,Mike. > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
