Tell Someone He Can Do Better

Whenever someone challenges me to do better, the first instinct is to defend what I've done then I realize... maybe I can do it better.

I will never forget when a librarian friend of mine who was running a writing class told me that I could do better on a story I had written. Her statement surprised me because prior teachers had always praised me for my work. So my mind was in warpdrive.

However, because she said that. I do my best to look over my work and not hold too tightly to something. If something needs changing in order to make it flow, funnier or whatever it may be, I aim to do better.

Tell someone he/she can do better. You never know how that one statement will change their life. :)