Damaging Optimism
- Brett Staron
- May 21, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: May 24, 2023
Just like an angry tirade without constructive feedback is not helpful, praise without a specific example is equally destructive.

As Kim Scott put it in Radical Candor, don’t give someone the same praise you would give your pet. You aren’t helping them.
Check out Kim's book here.