Showing posts with label meaningful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meaningful. Show all posts

Apr 7, 2013

Criticism: Offer it constructively (2)


Criticism needn’t essentially imply ‘fault finding’. Albeit infamously labeled as uncompassionate expression of disapproval and dissent, it is an expression of discontentment and can be presented sensitively, yet effectively. Arguments and fights can be evaded if criticism is is offered with constructive and non-derogatory intentions. Critics have often been referred to as holders of the faculty of knowledge. Those with academic superiority, and socio-emotional actualization know the content and process of criticism to assure its acceptance. If governed by politeness and decency, criticism can transform the world for the better when ground rules of its exposition are obeyed:

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Feb 21, 2013

Need to want to need...


needs or wants?
Deficiency of a few things in life may cause severely negative outcomes: food, clothing, shelter, water, even love. These things are indispensable for subsistence and are categorized as ‘needs’. They are often subjective and felt differently by people. There is a frequent mix-up of needs and wants and the underlying emotional tone of needs and wants time and again adds to the confusion.
  • I need to get through this exam
  • I need to lose 5 kgs this month
  • I need a new outfit for the prom
  • I need this new job desperately
  • I need to teach him a lesson
  • I need to win the beauty contest
Needs have been a favored topic of discussion by philosophers, psychologists as well as politicians. Needless to say; everyone has needs!