forniktsai4
Fornik Tsai
forniktsai4

Yeah, it's a real balance. You have to be proud of what you do, and just hope others appreciate it as well. If you're taking that stuff personally though, you might want to check out our post on taking criticism. Once you learn to do that well, the anxiety and all that other stuff starts to disappear

Fool me once, shame on you.

This is true. One of the things that resonated with me when studying Buddhism was the sentiment that if you act in anger you've already lost. This is one of the primary reasons why.

I love speaking off the cuff, and this is good advice. Starting with a punchy idea makes an easy pivot point: when you get stuck or start to ramble, you an bring yourself back in line by returning back to your theme.