There’s a certain kind of politeness that turns sour.
It says: I won’t challenge your work because I don’t want to hurt your feelings.
But withholding critique isn’t kindness. It’s fear in disguise.
If you’re showing up and doing your best work, then you deserve more than approval — you deserve feedback. You deserve someone brave enough to tell you what could be better.
Not because you’re failing.
But because you’re growing.
Because you care.
And because you’re on a team, not an island.
The opposite of shy isn’t loud.
It’s generous.
It’s saying: “Here’s my work. Take a shot. Make it sharper.”
Better to be bruised than ignored.
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