Q: Matt, any suggestions on how to handle critics?
A: Oh, Yes!!! I prefer to manhandle critics with my panhandle. Just the other day, in my Theatre of the Mind, I placed a critic’s words in my wok and stir-fried them with stinky tofu and the hottest peppers imaginable. Then I walked that wok into the woods and tossed the critic’s words out for the badgers and bears to feast upon. This manhandling method with my imaginary panhandle is important because it prevents me from swallowing the critic’s words and having them show up on my waistline as “love handles,” which I absolutely hate.
Matt Furey
P.S. If you’re too serious about improving your self-image with Psycho-Cybernetics, it makes the process more challenging. The trick to change is usually being light hearted, it’s being willing to laugh (or at least smile) at yourself and others, even when it hurts a bit to do so.
