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Self-criticism can negatively affect other people
Self-criticism can negatively affect other people
Weaver says that when he harshly criticized himself, he behaved worse with his family and transmitted the same negativity to his team, causing others to second-guess themselves.
- Speaker
- Graham Weaver
- Source timestamp
- 13:36
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