Thanks to Tony Morgan’s great post:  Why do I always find myself critiquing?. I now feel that I am normal after all. I especially like what Jim wrote in one of the comments:

Being critical is about seeing what is “wrong” and declaring what seems inadequate. Being a critical thinker is about viewing the environments around us and constantly asking how things can be improved. Critical thinkers are problems-solvers. Critical people just point their finger at the problem.

The challenge in being a critical thinker is most people fight change.  They like things the way they are and don’t want to hear improvements can be made.  Usually the motivation behind fighting change is pride or laziness. Sometimes I see my gift as a curse because of the strength it takes to influence positive change. Change has a price!

I know in both my professional and personal life the critiques that I needed to hear the most, the critiques that stimulated remarkable growth – were the critiques that caused me the most pain

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